Portal - Still Alive MIDI for Piano, Guitar & Winds

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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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Description & Musical Analysis

Still Alive from Portal, composed by Jonathan Coulton and Ellen McLain, is a darkly comedic song

How to Play & Trivia

Emphasize the G and Em(add9) chords to capture the song's quirky essence on guitar or piano

Available Instruments: Piano (Grand, Upright, Electric), Synthesizer, Organ, Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Viola Caipira, Ukulele, Bass (4 and 5 strings), Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp, Kalimba, Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Recorder, Flute, Ocarina, Saxophone, Clarinet, and Trumpet.

MIDI Technical Specifications

Key / Scale

D Major

Pitch Range

F2 (41) - B4 (71)

Total Notes

885

Note Distribution

64 7.2%

15 1.7%

183 20.7%

0 0.0%

107 12.1%

71 8.0%

93 10.5%

85 9.6%

0 0.0%

117 13.2%

45 5.1%

105 11.9%

Tracks & Instruments

Track	Instrument	Notes
Melody	acoustic grand piano	388
Bass	acoustic grand piano	497

Chord Timeline

Time	Beat	Chord
00:00	M1.2	G
00:01	M1.3	Em(add9)/F#
00:01	M1.4	F#m7/E
00:02	M2.1	D
00:02	M2.2	Bm/F#
00:03	M2.3	Bm/D
00:03 - 00:04	M2.4 - M3.1	D
00:04	M3.2	Gadd9/D
00:05	M3.3	Dadd9
00:05	M3.4	Asus4/D
00:06	M4.1	D
00:06	M4.2	Bm/D
00:07	M4.3	Dadd9
00:07	M4.4	Asus4
00:08	M5.1	D/A
00:08	M5.2	Bm7/A
00:09	M5.3	D
00:09	M5.4	Bm7/D
00:10	M6.1	Em(add9)
00:10 - 00:11	M6.2 - M6.3	Em
00:11	M6.4	A/C#
00:12	M7.1	Em7/D
00:12	M7.2	A
00:13	M7.3	Esus4
00:13	M7.4	A
00:14	M8.1	D
00:14	M8.2	Bm/F#
00:15	M8.3	D/F#
00:15 - 00:16	M8.4 - M9.1	D
00:16	M9.2	Gmaj7/D
00:17 - 00:17	M9.3 - M9.4	Dadd9
00:18	M10.1	D/F#
00:18	M10.2	Bm/D
00:19	M10.3	D
00:19	M10.4	Asus4/D
00:20	M11.1	D
00:20	M11.2	Gmaj9/D
00:21	M11.3	Dadd9
00:21	M11.4	Asus4/D
00:22	M12.1	Dadd9
00:22	M12.2	Bm/D
00:23	M12.3	Dadd9
00:23	M12.4	Asus4
00:24	M13.1	D
00:24	M13.2	Bm/D
00:25	M13.3	D
00:25	M13.4	Bsus4
00:26	M14.1	Em(add9)
00:26	M14.2	Em
00:27	M14.3	C#dim/E
00:27	M14.4	A/C#
00:28	M15.1	C#dim/G
00:28	M15.2	A
00:29	M15.3	A7/G
00:29	M15.4	Bbdim
00:30	M16.1	Dm9
00:30	M16.2	Am
00:31	M16.3	Gm(add9)/A
00:31	M16.4	Bbsus2/C
00:32	M17.1	Csus4/F
00:32	M17.2	Dm(add9)/E
00:33	M17.3	Csus2/D
00:33	M17.4	Csus2
00:34 - 00:34	M18.1 - M18.2	C
00:35	M18.3	Am
00:35	M18.4	Bbsus2/C
00:36	M19.1	F
00:36	M19.2	Fsus2/G
00:37	M19.3	Dsus2/E
00:37	M19.4	Dsus2
00:38 - 00:38	M20.1 - M20.2	F
00:39	M20.3	Gsus2
00:39	M20.4	Bb
00:40	M21.1	A
00:40	M21.2	G
00:41	M21.3	Fsus2
00:41	M21.4	A
00:42	M22.1	G
00:42	M22.2	F
00:43	M22.3	Csus2/D
00:43	M22.4	Dm
00:44	M23.1	Dm(add9)/F
00:44	M23.2	E
00:45	M23.3	F#
00:45 - 00:46	M23.4 - M24.1	D
00:46 - 00:47	M24.2 - M24.3	B
00:47 - 00:48	M24.4 - M25.1	D
00:48 - 00:49	M25.2 - M25.3	B
00:49 - 00:50	M25.4 - M26.1	D
00:50 - 00:51	M26.2 - M26.3	B
00:51	M26.4	D
00:52	M27.1	Bm7/D
00:52	M27.2	Gmaj7/B
00:53	M27.3	Bsus4
00:53	M27.4	D
00:54	M28.1	Bm/D
00:54	M28.2	B
00:55	M28.3	Bm
00:55	M28.4	D
00:56	M29.1	G/D
00:56	M29.2	Em(add9)/B
00:57	M29.3	Bsus4
00:57	M29.4	Dadd9
00:58	M30.1	Bm/D
00:58	M30.2	Bsus4
00:59	M30.3	Bm7
01:00	M30.4	D5
01:00	M31.1	Bm/D
01:01	M31.2	B
01:01	M31.3	Bsus4
01:02	M31.4	E
01:02	M32.1	Em(add9)
01:03	M32.2	Em(add9)/G
01:03	M32.3	A7/G
01:04	M32.4	A
01:04	M33.1	Asus4
01:05	M33.2	Aadd9
01:05	M33.3	A
01:06	M33.4	D
01:06	M34.1	Bm/D
01:07	M34.2	B5
01:07	M34.3	Bm
01:08	M34.4	D
01:08	M35.1	Gadd9/D
01:09	M35.2	Gmaj9/B
01:09	M35.3	Em9/B
01:10	M35.4	D
01:10	M36.1	Bm/D
01:11	M36.2	B
01:11	M36.3	Bm
01:12	M36.4	D
01:12	M37.1	Gadd9/D
01:13	M37.2	Gmaj9/B
01:13	M37.3	G6/B
01:14	M37.4	Dadd9
01:14	M38.1	Bm/D
01:15	M38.2	Em9/B
01:15	M38.3	Bm7/A
01:16	M38.4	D5
01:16	M39.1	Bm/D
01:17	M39.2	B
01:17	M39.3	Bsus4
01:18	M39.4	Esus2
01:18	M40.1	Em
01:19	M40.2	Em(add9)/G
01:19	M40.3	A7
01:20	M40.4	Asus4
01:20	M41.1	A5
01:21	M41.2	Bm9/A
01:21	M41.3	Fmaj7/Bb
01:22	M41.4	Bb
01:22 - 01:23	M42.1 - M42.3	Bbsus2
01:24	M42.4	Csus4
01:24	M43.1	Cadd9
01:25	M43.2	Gsus4/C
01:25	M43.3	Bbadd9/F
01:26	M43.4	Fsus4
01:26	M44.1	Csus4
01:27	M44.2	F/C
01:27	M44.3	Fsus4/C
01:28 - 01:28	M44.4 - M45.1	Csus4
01:29	M45.2	Cadd9
01:29	M45.3	Bb/F
01:30	M45.4	Fsus4
01:30	M46.1	Csus4/F
01:31	M46.2	Fadd9
01:31 - 01:32	M46.3 - M46.4	Fsus4
01:32	M47.1	Fadd9/C
01:33	M47.2	Csus4/G
01:33	M47.3	Fadd9/C
01:34	M47.4	Am9/E
01:34	M48.1	Bm7b5/D
01:35	M48.2	Gsus4/C
01:35	M48.3	Gm7/Bb
01:36	M48.4	F5
01:36	M49.1	Fmaj7/A
01:37	M49.2	Esus2
01:37	M49.3	Dadd9
01:38	M49.4	D
01:38 - 01:39	M50.1 - M50.2	B
01:39 - 01:40	M50.3 - M50.4	D
01:40 - 01:41	M51.1 - M51.2	B
01:41 - 01:42	M51.3 - M51.4	D
01:42 - 01:43	M52.1 - M52.2	B
01:43 - 01:44	M52.3 - M52.4	D
01:44	M53.1	Gmaj7/B
01:45	M53.2	Bsus4
01:45	M53.3	Dadd9/A
01:46	M53.4	D/F#
01:46	M54.1	Bm/D
01:47 - 01:47	M54.2 - M54.3	D
01:48	M54.4	Gmaj9/D
01:48	M55.1	Gmaj7/D
01:49	M55.2	Dadd9
01:49	M55.3	Dadd9/E
01:50	M55.4	D
01:50	M56.1	Bm/D
01:51	M56.2	Dadd9/A
01:51	M56.3	Asus4
01:52	M56.4	Bm7/A
01:52 - 01:53	M57.1 - M57.2	Bm/D
01:53	M57.3	Bsus4/E
01:54	M57.4	Em(add9)
01:54	M58.1	Em/G
01:55 - 01:55	M58.2 - M58.3	A7/E
01:56	M58.4	A7/C#
01:56	M59.1	A5/E
01:57	M59.2	A7
01:57	M59.3	D
01:58 - 01:58	M59.4 - M60.1	Bm/F#
01:59 - 02:00	M60.2 - M60.3	D
02:00	M60.4	Gmaj7/D
02:01	M61.1	Gmaj9/D
02:01	M61.2	Em7/D
02:02	M61.3	D
02:02	M61.4	D6
02:03	M62.1	B
02:03	M62.2	Bm
02:04	M62.3	D
02:04	M62.4	G/D

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Portal - Still Alive

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