Gibson Girl – Verse
Gibson Girl – Pre-Chorus
Gibson Girl – Chorus
Gibson Girl – Bridge
Gibson Girl – Solo
Related Music Concepts
Basic Chords
Chords naturally found in the key
Non-Standard Mode
New scales and home base chords for a different mood
Chord-Melody Tension
How much the melody clashes with the underlying chords
Song Stats
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Key
D Mixolydian
Tempo
106 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Folk/Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
E3 – G4
Mood
Tense, Simple
Most Used Chord
v
Chord Complexity
8
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
45
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
93
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
22
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
A Dorian
Tempo
104 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Folk/Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
E4 – C5
Mood
Tense, Simple, Classic
Most Used Chord
VII
Chord Complexity
22
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
41
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
84
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
5
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
A Dorian
Tempo
104 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Folk/Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
C4 – B4
Mood
Tense, Simple, Classic
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
19
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
57
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
80
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
6
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
A Dorian
Tempo
104 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Folk/Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
A4 – C5
Mood
Tense, Simple, Classic
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
14
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
5
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
95
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
7
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
A Dorian
Tempo
104 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Folk/Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
G3 – E6
Mood
Tense, Simple, Classic
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
15
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
75
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
62
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
5
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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Keys
D Mixolydian, A Dorian
Tempo
106 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Folk/Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
E3 – E6
Mood
Tense, Simple, Classic
Most Used Chord
IV
Chord Complexity
13
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
39
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
89
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
7
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 Gibson Girl
About the Key
D Mixolydian
It is the 4th most popular key among Mixolydian keys and the 28th most popular among all keys. The D Mixolydian scale is similar to the D Major scale except that its 7th note (C) is a half step lower.
I IV VII
Most Important Chords
Mixolydian chord progressions are heavily featured in many genres of music like classic rock, which relies on the major chord built on the 7th scale degree.
D Mixolydian Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Verse |
v
IV
I
|
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| Pre-Chorus |
VII
IV
i
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| Chorus |
i
VII
IV
|
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| Bridge |
i
VII
IV
|
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| Solo |
i
VII
IV
|
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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.
E3 – E6
Melody range across 36 semitones
0.95 beats/note
Across 275.5 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
100%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
51%
Chord Tones
Percentage of notes that fall on a chord tone of the underlying harmony.
Mixed
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
13
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 13/100 — below average
Melodic Complexity
39
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 39/100 — below average
Chord-Melody Tension
89
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 89/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
7
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 7/100 — below average
Chord-Bass Melody
23
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 23/100 — below average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
Gibson GirlAverage 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.
