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TheoryTab / Todd Rundgren / Hello It's Me
Hello It's Me
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Hello It's Me Chords and Melody

Hello It's Me
Hello It's Me – Intro
Hello It's Me – Verse
Hello It's Me – Pre-Chorus
Hello It's Me – Chorus
Hello It's Me – Pre-Outro
Hello It's Me – Outro

Related Music Concepts

Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
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
Suspended Chords
A chord with built in tension and release
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Song Stats Intro
Key D Minor
Tempo 87 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Rock, R & B, Pop, Soul, Singer-Songwriter
Melody Range C2 – G5
Mood Smooth, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord iv
Chord Complexity 66
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 74
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 95
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 Verse
Key G Dorian
Tempo 87 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Rock, R & B, Pop, Soul, Singer-Songwriter
Melody Range D3 – E4
Mood Tense, Complex, Unexpected
Most Used Chord i
Chord Complexity 83
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 74
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 Pre-Chorus
Key G Dorian
Tempo 87 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Rock, R & B, Pop, Soul, Singer-Songwriter
Melody Range D3 – E4
Mood Complex, Unexpected
Most Used Chord ii
Chord Complexity 79
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 79
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 39
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.
Song Stats Chorus
Key G Dorian
Tempo 87 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Rock, R & B, Pop, Soul, Singer-Songwriter
Melody Range E4 – E5
Mood Complex, Unexpected
Most Used Chord i
Chord Complexity 76
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 29
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 54
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 89
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 Pre-Outro
Tempo 174 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Rock, R & B, Pop, Soul, Singer-Songwriter
Melody Range D#3 – G#4
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Upbeat
Most Used Chord i
Chord Complexity 80
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 56
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 85
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 Outro
Tempo 87 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Rock, R & B, Pop, Soul, Singer-Songwriter
Melody Range F#4 – B4
Mood Smooth, Complex, Unexpected
Most Used Chord ii(add6)
Chord Complexity 89
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 34
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 9
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 All Sections
Tempo 87 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Rock, R & B, Pop, Soul, Singer-Songwriter
Melody Range C2 – G5
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord i
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 80
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 38
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 91
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 Hello It's Me

About the Key

About the Chord Progressions

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Verse
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Pre-Chorus
III7 ii7
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Chorus
i7 VII7
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Pre-Outro
i7 VII7
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Outro
ii42add6 Iadd6
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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.

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C2 – G5
Melody range across 43 semitones
1.18 beats/note
Across 255.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
97% Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
71% 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
81
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 81/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
80
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 80/100 — above average
Chord-Melody Tension
38
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 38/100 — below average
Chord Prog. Novelty
91
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 91/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
73
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 73/100 — above average

Metrics Radar Chart

Hello It's MeAverage 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.

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