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Ode to Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven

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100 BPM 0:38 G Major 2 tracks 238 notes
Ludwig Van BeethovenClassicalOrchestral
Image: Joseph Karl Stieler·Public domain

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Mode Concert: the MIDI melody is played as is, with the instrument's didactic fingering (out-of-range notes skip octaves). Mode Written: applies the real transposition of each instrument (alto sax in Eb +9, clarinet/trumpet in Bb +2).

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Musical Analysis

Read the song by harmony, melody, rhythm, and section behavior.

100 BPM

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Song Snapshot

Playable signals
Tempo100 BPM
Duration0:38
Tracks2
Notes238
Key / ScaleG Major
Pitch rangeG2 (43) - D5 (74)
Range span31 semitones

Melody Distribution

Registers by section

Chord Progressions

Main harmonic movement
Opening
GAm7/GGEm7D11/EGDG/BD/AG
00:00 - 00:09
Early middle
GAm7/GGEm7D11/EGDG/BD/AG
00:09 - 00:19
Late middle
DG/DEm7/DDAm11/DG/DEm7/DDD13B/Eb
00:19 - 00:28
Ending
GFF6Em7D11/F#GC6CGAdim7
00:28 - 00:38

Description & Musical Analysis

Ode to Joy, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, from Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, 1824

How to Play & Trivia

Play the iconic melody on piano with a steady G - G - Am7/G progression or on guitar with a D major chord shape

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MIDI Technical Specifications

Key / Scale
G Major
Pitch Range
G2 (43) - D5 (74)
Total Notes
238

Note Distribution

C
14 5.9%
C#
1 0.4%
D
69 29.0%
Eb
2 0.8%
E
11 4.6%
F
4 1.7%
F#
21 8.8%
G
57 23.9%
Ab
0 0.0%
A
29 12.2%
Bb
0 0.0%
B
30 12.6%

Tracks & Instruments

TrackInstrumentNotes
upperacoustic grand piano121
loweracoustic grand piano117

Chord Timeline

TimeBeatChord
00:00 - 00:00M1.1 - M1.2G
00:01M1.3Am7/G
00:01M1.4G
00:02M2.1Em7
00:03M2.2D11/E
00:03M2.3G
00:04M2.4D
00:04 - 00:05M3.1 - M3.2G/B
00:06M3.3D/A
00:06M3.4G
00:07M4.1G/D
00:07M4.2Gmaj9/D
00:08 - 00:09M4.3 - M4.4D
00:09 - 00:10M5.1 - M5.2G
00:10M5.3Am7/G
00:11M5.4G
00:12M6.1Em7
00:12M6.2D11/E
00:13M6.3G
00:13M6.4D
00:14 - 00:15M7.1 - M7.2G/B
00:15M7.3D/A
00:16M7.4G
00:16M8.1Dsus4
00:17M8.2D
00:18 - 00:18M8.3 - M8.4G
00:19 - 00:19M9.1 - M9.2D
00:20M9.3G/D
00:21M9.4Em7/D
00:21M10.1D
00:22M10.2Am11/D
00:22M10.3G/D
00:23M10.4Em7/D
00:24M11.1D
00:24M11.2D13
00:25M11.3B/Eb
00:25M11.4B7
00:26M12.1Em
00:27M12.2A
00:27M12.3Dsus4
00:28M12.4D
00:28 - 00:29M13.1 - M13.2G
00:30M13.3F
00:30M13.4F6
00:31M14.1Em7
00:31M14.2D11/F#
00:32M14.3G
00:33M14.4C6
00:33M15.1C
00:34M15.2G
00:34M15.3Adim7
00:35M15.4G
00:36M16.1Dsus4
00:36M16.2D
00:37 - 00:37M16.3 - M16.4G