Tarkus – Intro
Tarkus – Verse
Tarkus – Pre-Chorus
Tarkus – Chorus
Related Music Concepts
Add Chords
A chord with an added tone that enriches its sound
Non-Standard Mode
New scales and home base chords for a different mood
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Suspended Chords
A chord with built in tension and release
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Chord-Melody Tension
How much the melody clashes with the underlying chords
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Altered Chords
Altered (raised or lowered) notes create tension and complexity in chords
Diminished Chords
A chord built from stacked minor thirds — dark and unstable
Secondary Chords
Chords that temporarily shift the harmonic center
Song Stats
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Key
F Dorian
Tempo
62 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Rock, Classical, Experimental
Melody Range
F4 – D5
Mood
Smooth, Unexpected, Mellow
Most Used Chord
i(add9add11)(no5)
Chord Complexity
67
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
8
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
0
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
79
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Key
F Phrygian
Tempo
214 BPM
Meter
5/4
Genre
Rock, Classical, Experimental
Melody Range
C3 – C7
Mood
Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Upbeat
Most Used Chord
isus4(no5)
Chord Complexity
100
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
94
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
96
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
98
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats
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Key
C Phrygian
Tempo
112 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Rock, Classical, Experimental
Melody Range
C4 – A#5
Mood
Smooth, Complex, Unexpected
Most Used Chord
isus4
Chord Complexity
99
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
97
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
20
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
98
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats
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Key
C Phrygian
Tempo
210 BPM
Meter
5/4
Genre
Rock, Classical, Experimental
Melody Range
C3 – F6
Mood
Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Upbeat
Most Used Chord
isus4(no5)
Chord Complexity
100
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
97
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
77
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
98
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats
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Keys
F Dorian, F Phrygian, C Phrygian
Tempo
62 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Rock, Classical, Experimental
Melody Range
C3 – C7
Mood
Complex, Unexpected, Mellow
Most Used Chord
isus4(no5)
Chord Complexity
100
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
92
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
53
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
96
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
About Tarkus
About the Key
F Dorian
It is the 6th most popular key among Dorian keys and the 36th most popular among all keys. The F Dorian scale is similar to the F Minor scale except that its 6th note is a half step higher (D).
i ii IV VII
Most Important Chords
Chord progressions in Dorian have a characteristic sound due to the major quality of the chord built on the 4th scale degree.
F Dorian Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
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About the Melody
Melody data is compiled from all analyzed melody sections, so depending on how a user analyzed a song, "melody" might include instrumental notes.
C3 – C7
Melody range across 48 semitones
0.72 beats/note
Across 235.5 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
87%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
55%
Chord Tones
Percentage of notes that fall on a chord tone of the underlying harmony.
Smooth
Consonance
How smoothly the melody blends with the harmony (0 = dissonant, 1 = consonant).
Loose
Syncopation
How often the melody emphasizes off-beats. Higher = more syncopated.
About the Metrics
Chord Complexity
Chord Complexity tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
Melodic Complexity reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
Chord-Melody Tension quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Progression Novelty
Chord Progression Novelty measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Chord-Bass Melody
Chord–Bass Melody evaluates how smoothly the bass moves between chords, scoring higher when it travels step-wise, ascending or descending, instead of jumping directly between root position chords.
Hooktheory's metrics are calculated against the entire database of analyzed songs, where 50 is the "average song." Learn more about each of these metrics here.
Chord Complexity
100
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 100/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
92
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 92/100 — above average
Chord-Melody Tension
53
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 53/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
96
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 96/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
70
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 70/100 — above average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
TarkusAverage Song
BPM Comparison
Melody Distribution
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Melodic Intervals
Distribution of note-to-note jumps in semitones (negative = downward, positive = upward)
Note Durations
How long each note is held (in beats)
Syncopation
How many notes fall on each level of metric strength (0 = on-beat, higher = increasingly off-beat)
Level 0
Notes that fall on the downbeat — the strongest metric position in the measure.
Level 1
Notes on a secondary strong beat (e.g. beat 3 in 4/4) — still firmly on the grid.
Level 2
Notes on the remaining primary beats (2 and 4 in 4/4) — moderate metric weight.
Level 3
Notes on eighth-note offbeats — between the primary beats. Audibly syncopated.
