In The Waiting Line – Verse
In The Waiting Line – Pre-Chorus
In The Waiting Line – Pre-Chorus and Chorus
In The Waiting Line – Chorus
In The Waiting Line – Bridge
In The Waiting Line – Instrumental
Related Music Concepts
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Non-Standard Mode
New scales and home base chords for a different mood
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Secondary Chords
Chords that temporarily shift the harmonic center
Suspended Chords
A chord with built in tension and release
Song Stats
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Key
C Mixolydian
Tempo
158 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R&B/Soul/Funk, Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
G3 – F4
Mood
Tense, Upbeat
Most Used Chord
I
Chord Complexity
62
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
83
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
60
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
158 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R&B/Soul/Funk, Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
G3 – F#4
Mood
Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Upbeat, Moody
Most Used Chord
VII
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
21
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
83
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
128 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R&B/Soul/Funk, Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
F3 – A#5
Mood
Smooth, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
VII
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
0
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
0
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
69
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 Mixolydian
Tempo
79 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R&B/Soul/Funk, Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
F3 – F4
Mood
Smooth, Unexpected, Mellow
Most Used Chord
I
Chord Complexity
67
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
76
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
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 Mixolydian
Tempo
79 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R&B/Soul/Funk, Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
C4 – C5
Mood
Simple, Mellow
Most Used Chord
VII
Chord Complexity
23
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
78
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
43
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
C Mixolydian
Tempo
79 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R&B/Soul/Funk, Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
C4 – A#5
Mood
Tense, Mellow
Most Used Chord
I
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
97
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
60
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 Mixolydian, C Minor
Tempo
158 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
R&B/Soul/Funk, Dance/Electronic, Ambient/Downtempo
Melody Range
F3 – A#5
Mood
Tense, Unexpected, Upbeat
Most Used Chord
I
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
83
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
65
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
64
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 In The Waiting Line
About the Key
C Mixolydian
It is the 5th most popular key among Mixolydian keys and the 29th most popular among all keys. The C Mixolydian scale is similar to the C Major scale except that its 7th note (B♭) 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.
C Mixolydian Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Verse |
I
♭IV7
VII
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| Pre-Chorus |
VII
iv7
VII
V7/v(hmin)
|
|
| Pre-Chorus and Chorus |
VII
iv7
VII
v/v
V7(maj)
I(maj)
iv7
|
|
| Chorus |
I
♭IV7
VII
|
|
| Bridge |
VII
IV
I
v/I
|
|
| Instrumental |
I
♭IV7
VII
|
|
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.
F3 – A#5
Melody range across 29 semitones
1.46 beats/note
Across 268.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
84%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
57%
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).
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
63
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 63/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
83
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 83/100 — above average
Chord-Melody Tension
65
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 65/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
64
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 64/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
16
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 16/100 — below average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
In The Waiting LineAverage Song
BPM Comparison
Melody Distribution
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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.
