Showdown! – Intro
Showdown! – Verse
Showdown! – Pre-Chorus
Showdown! – Instrumental
Showdown! – Outro
Related Music Concepts
Basic Chords
Chords naturally found in the key
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Song Stats
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Key
A Minor
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Soundtrack/Score
Melody Range
G4 – C6
Mood
Smooth, Classic, Upbeat, Moody
Most Used Chord
VII
Chord Complexity
55
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
67
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
13
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
4
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 Minor
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Soundtrack/Score
Melody Range
E4 – A5
Mood
Classic, Upbeat, Moody
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
64
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
53
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
41
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
17
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 Minor
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Soundtrack/Score
Melody Range
A3 – E5
Mood
Tense, Upbeat, Moody
Most Used Chord
VII
Chord Complexity
63
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
90
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
23
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 Minor
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Soundtrack/Score
Melody Range
F4 – A5
Mood
Tense, Unexpected, Upbeat, Moody
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
68
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
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
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.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Key
A Minor
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Soundtrack/Score
Melody Range
F#4 – E6
Mood
Complex, Unexpected, Upbeat, Moody
Most Used Chord
iv
Chord Complexity
82
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
57
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
72
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 Minor
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Dance/Electronic, Soundtrack/Score
Melody Range
A3 – E6
Mood
Upbeat, Moody
Most Used Chord
VII
Chord Complexity
69
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
88
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
57
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
36
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 Showdown!
About the Key
A Minor
It is the most popular key among Minor keys and the 6th 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 (A minor, D minor, and E minor).
A Minor Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Intro |
VII
i
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| Pre-Chorus |
iv7
VII
i
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| Instrumental |
i7
IV(maj)
II
i
III6
iv7
II
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No other theorytabs with this progression |
| Outro |
iv7
IV7(maj)
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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.
A3 – E6
Melody range across 31 semitones
0.85 beats/note
Across 241.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
94%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
64%
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
69
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 69/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
88
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 88/100 — above average
Chord-Melody Tension
57
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 57/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
36
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 36/100 — below average
Chord-Bass Melody
52
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 52/100 — above average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
Showdown!Average 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.
