Banjo-Kazooie - Clanker's Cavern – Verse
Banjo-Kazooie - Clanker's Cavern – Pre-Chorus
Banjo-Kazooie - Clanker's Cavern – Bridge
Related Music Concepts
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Chord-Melody Tension
How much the melody clashes with the underlying chords
Bassline Motion
How much the bass moves stepwise between chord roots
Secondary Chords
Chords that temporarily shift the harmonic center
Diminished Chords
A chord built from stacked minor thirds — dark and unstable
Fully Diminished 7ths
A four-note diminished chord that strongly pulls toward resolution
Non-Standard Mode
New scales and home base chords for a different mood
Song Stats
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Key
C Minor
Tempo
97 BPM
Meter
12/4
Genre
Soundtrack/Score, Ambient/Downtempo, Experimental/Avant-Garde
Melody Range
B3 – C6
Mood
Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
71
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
95
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
94
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
63
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 Minor
Tempo
98 BPM
Meter
12/4
Genre
Soundtrack/Score, Ambient/Downtempo, Experimental/Avant-Garde
Melody Range
C#4 – C5
Mood
Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
I
Chord Complexity
84
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
89
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
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.
Song Stats
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Key
D Mixolydian
Tempo
98 BPM
Meter
12/4
Genre
Soundtrack/Score, Ambient/Downtempo, Experimental/Avant-Garde
Melody Range
A3 – E5
Mood
Tense
Most Used Chord
I
Chord Complexity
44
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
98
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
47
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
C Minor, D Mixolydian
Tempo
97 BPM
Meter
12/4
Genre
Soundtrack/Score, Ambient/Downtempo, Experimental/Avant-Garde
Melody Range
A3 – C6
Mood
Tense, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
V
Chord Complexity
70
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
96
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
66
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 Banjo-Kazooie - Clanker's Cavern
About the Key
C Minor
It is the 3rd most popular key among Minor keys and the 9th most popular among all keys. Minor keys, along with major keys, are a common choice for popular music.
i iv VI
Most Important Chords
The three most important chords, built off the 1st, 4th and 5th scale degrees are all minor chords (C minor, F minor, and G minor).
C Minor Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Verse |
i
v6
VI
V(maj)
|
|
| Pre-Chorus |
V/VII(maj)
I(maj)
VI
I(maj)
iv
III
II
|
No other theorytabs with this progression |
| Bridge |
I
VII
I
V
I
VII
I
|
No other theorytabs with this progression |
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.
A3 – C6
Melody range across 27 semitones
1.40 beats/note
Across 240.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
83%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
59%
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).
Steady
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
70
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 70/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
96
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 96/100 — above average
Chord-Melody Tension
93
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 93/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
66
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 66/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
76
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 76/100 — above average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
Banjo-Kazooie - Clanker's CavernAverage Song
BPM Comparison
Melody Distribution
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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.
