If Ever You're in My Arms Again – Verse
If Ever You're in My Arms Again – Pre-Chorus
If Ever You're in My Arms Again – Chorus
If Ever You're in My Arms Again – Bridge
Related Music Concepts
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
Extended Chords
Stacking thirds beyond the 7th to create more complex sounds
Suspended Chords
A chord with built in tension and release
Add Chords
A chord with an added tone that enriches its sound
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Secondary Chords
Chords that temporarily shift the harmonic center
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Song Stats
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Key
D♭ Major
Tempo
96 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range
Eb4 – Bb4
Mood
Complex, Unexpected, Bright
Most Used Chord
I(add9)
Chord Complexity
81
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
10
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
28
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
B Major
Tempo
96 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range
F#4 – E5
Mood
Smooth, Unexpected, Bright
Most Used Chord
I(add9)
Chord Complexity
51
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
26
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
73
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
D♭ Major
Tempo
96 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range
Ab3 – Ab4
Mood
Complex, Unexpected, Bright
Most Used Chord
V
Chord Complexity
75
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
37
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
31
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
65
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♭ Major
Tempo
96 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range
Bb3 – Bb4
Mood
Complex, Unexpected, Bright
Most Used Chord
vi
Chord Complexity
86
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
35
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
88
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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Tempo
96 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range
Ab3 – E5
Mood
Smooth, Complex, Unexpected, Bright
Most Used Chord
V
Chord Complexity
77
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
50
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
23
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
86
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 If Ever You're in My Arms Again
About the Key
D♭ Major
It is the 9th most popular key among Major keys and the 15th most popular among all keys. Major keys, along with minor keys, are a common choice for popular songs.
I IV V
Most Important Chords
The three most important chords, built off the 1st, 4th and 5th scale degrees are all major chords (D♭ Major, G♭ Major, and A♭ Major).
D♭ Major Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Verse |
Iadd9
IV64add6
V9sus4
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| Pre-Chorus |
Iadd9
IV7
ii7
vi
I
V
|
|
| Chorus |
I
IVadd9
V
iii7
vi7
ii7
Vsus4add9
|
|
| Bridge |
vi7
viadd6(lyd)
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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.
Ab3 – E5
Melody range across 20 semitones
0.92 beats/note
Across 138.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
100%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
69%
Chord Tones
Percentage of notes that fall on a chord tone of the underlying harmony.
Edgy
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
77
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 77/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
50
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 50/100 — average
Chord-Melody Tension
23
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 23/100 — below average
Chord Prog. Novelty
86
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 86/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
55
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 55/100 — above average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
If Ever You're in My Arms AgainAverage Song
BPM Comparison
Melody Distribution
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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.
