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Talking to the Moon — Bruno Mars (Piano and Voice Arrangement)

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70 BPM 3:52 C# Minor 6 tracks 948 notes
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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

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70 BPM

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Song Snapshot

Playable signals
Tempo70 BPM
Duration3:52
Tracks6
Notes948
Key / ScaleC# Minor
Pitch rangeB2 (47) - E5 (76)
Range span29 semitones

Melody Distribution

Registers by section

Chord Progressions

Main harmonic movement
Opening
EC#m(add9)/EEmaj7EEbEb5EbEbmEmaj7/EbEbm
00:00 - 00:58
Early middle
BB7sus2/AAmaj9/C#C#5Absus4/C#C#mBB7sus2Amaj9/C#C#m
00:58 - 01:56
Late middle
F#m11/AAmaj9Aadd9Amaj9B11Badd9/EbC#m9/EbC#m11/EbBadd9/EbA/C#
01:56 - 02:54
Ending
C#mE11EC#C#5C#7sus2/BBC#sus4C#5Bsus2
02:54 - 03:52

Description & Musical Analysis

Bruno Mars’s “Talking to the Moon” pairs piano with four vocal-register parts: soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. The file runs 3:52, with 948 note events across 6 tracks in C# Minor at 70 BPM.

How to Play & Trivia

Arrangement details

Bruno Mars’s “Talking to the Moon” pairs piano with four vocal-register parts: soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. The MIDI contains 948 note events in 6 tracks, lasts 3:52, and is listed in C# Minor at 70 BPM.

What to listen for

The separate voice lines make the harmony easy to inspect; start with the piano, then add the vocal registers one by one.

Source and license

MIDI source: [PDMX v9](https://zenodo.org/records/15571083). The source record is marked CC0 1.0; read the [CC0 terms](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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MIDI Technical Specifications

Key / Scale
C# Minor
Pitch Range
B2 (47) - E5 (76)
Total Notes
948

Note Distribution

C
0 0.0%
C#
207 21.8%
D
0 0.0%
Eb
131 13.8%
E
177 18.7%
F
0 0.0%
F#
79 8.3%
G
0 0.0%
Ab
138 14.6%
A
76 8.0%
Bb
0 0.0%
B
140 14.8%

Tracks & Instruments

TrackInstrumentNotes
Soloacoustic grand piano330
Sopranovoice oohs163
Mezzo-sopranovoice oohs128
Altovoice oohs130
Tenorvoice oohs108
Bassvoice oohs89

Chord Timeline

TimeBeatChord
00:00 - 00:06M1.1 - M3.1E
00:07M3.2C#m(add9)/E
00:08M3.3Emaj7
00:09M3.4E
00:10M4.1Eb
00:11M4.2Eb5
00:12M4.3Eb
00:12 - 00:13M4.4 - M5.1Ebm
00:14M5.2Emaj7/Eb
00:15M5.3Ebm
00:16M5.4Eb
00:17M6.1B11/E
00:18M6.2C#m11/E
00:18M6.3C#m7/E
00:19M6.4E
00:20M7.1Abm/Eb
00:21M7.2Emaj7/Eb
00:22 - 00:23M7.3 - M7.4Abm/Eb
00:24 - 00:30M8.1 - M9.4A/C#
00:30 - 00:33M10.1 - M10.4E6
00:34 - 00:36M11.1 - M11.4B/Eb
00:37M12.1F#m7/C#
00:38 - 00:40M12.2 - M12.4A/C#
00:41M13.1F#m7/C#
00:42 - 00:45M13.2 - M14.2A/C#
00:46M14.3Amaj7/C#
00:47M14.4F#m9/C#
00:48M15.1Badd9/Eb
00:48M15.2C#m9/Eb
00:49M15.3C#m11/Eb
00:50M15.4Badd9/Eb
00:51 - 00:52M16.1 - M16.2A/C#
00:53M16.3F#m(add9)/C#
00:54M16.4Ebm7b5/C#
00:54M17.1Badd9
00:55M17.2B
00:56M17.3C#sus2
00:57M17.4C#m/E
00:58 - 00:59M18.1 - M18.2B
01:00M18.3B7sus2/A
01:00M18.4Amaj9/C#
01:01 - 01:02M19.1 - M19.2C#5
01:03M19.3Absus4/C#
01:04M19.4C#m
01:05 - 01:06M20.1 - M20.2B
01:06M20.3B7sus2
01:07M20.4Amaj9/C#
01:08 - 01:11M21.1 - M21.4C#m
01:12 - 01:12M22.1 - M22.2A
01:13 - 01:14M22.3 - M22.4F#m7/A
01:15M23.1C#7sus2
01:16M23.2Badd9/Eb
01:17 - 01:18M23.3 - M23.4C#m7
01:18M24.1F#m7/C#
01:19 - 01:20M24.2 - M24.3A/C#
01:21M24.4Amaj7/C#
01:22 - 01:23M25.1 - M25.2B/Eb
01:24M25.3Abm7/Eb
01:24M25.4B/Eb
01:25 - 01:26M26.1 - M26.2A/C#
01:28M26.4C#sus4/F#
01:29M27.1C#m11/F#
01:30M27.2C#m11
01:30M27.3C#
01:32 - 01:35M28.1 - M28.4Amaj9/E
01:36 - 01:37M29.1 - M29.3B
01:38M29.4Badd9
01:39M30.1F#m7/E
01:40 - 01:42M30.2 - M30.4A/C#
01:42M31.1F#m9/E
01:43 - 01:45M31.2 - M31.4A/C#
01:46 - 01:48M32.1 - M32.4Amaj9/E
01:49M33.1B9/C#
01:50M33.2Badd9/C#
01:51M33.3B13/C#
01:52M33.4C#m11/B
01:53M34.1F#m11/A
01:54M34.2Amaj9
01:54M34.3Aadd9
01:55M34.4A6/9
01:56M35.1F#m11/A
01:57M35.2Amaj9
01:58 - 02:00M35.3 - M36.2Aadd9
02:01M36.3Amaj9
02:02M36.4B11
02:03M37.1Badd9/Eb
02:04M37.2C#m9/Eb
02:05M37.3C#m11/Eb
02:06M37.4Badd9/Eb
02:06 - 02:07M38.1 - M38.2A/C#
02:08M38.3F#m(add9)/C#
02:09M38.4Ebm7b5/C#
02:10M39.1Badd9
02:11M39.2B
02:12M39.3C#sus2
02:12M39.4C#m/E
02:13 - 02:14M40.1 - M40.2B
02:15M40.3B7sus2/A
02:16M40.4Amaj9/C#
02:17 - 02:18M41.1 - M41.2C#m
02:18M41.3C#m(add9)
02:19M41.4C#m
02:20 - 02:21M42.1 - M42.2B
02:22M42.3B7sus2
02:23M42.4Amaj9/C#
02:24 - 02:26M43.1 - M43.4C#m
02:27 - 02:28M44.1 - M44.2A
02:29 - 02:30M44.3 - M44.4F#m7/A
02:30M45.1C#7sus2
02:31M45.2Badd9/Eb
02:32 - 02:33M45.3 - M45.4C#m7
02:34M46.1F#m7/C#
02:35 - 02:36M46.2 - M46.3A/C#
02:36M46.4Amaj7/C#
02:37 - 02:38M47.1 - M47.2B/Eb
02:39M47.3Abm7/Eb
02:40M47.4B/Eb
02:41M48.1A/C#
02:43M48.4A6/C#
02:44M49.1F#m7/C#
02:45M49.2C#m11
02:46 - 02:50M49.3 - M50.4C#m
02:52 - 02:54M51.2 - M51.4B5
02:55 - 02:57M52.2 - M52.4C#m
02:58 - 02:59M53.1 - M53.2E11
03:00 - 03:00M53.3 - M53.4E
03:01M54.1C#
03:02 - 03:04M54.2 - M54.4C#5
03:05M55.1C#7sus2/B
03:06 - 03:07M55.2 - M55.4B
03:08M56.1C#sus4
03:09 - 03:11M56.2 - M56.4C#5
03:12M57.1Bsus2
03:12M57.2Abm/B
03:13 - 03:14M57.3 - M57.4C#m7/B
03:15M58.1C#
03:16M58.2Bsus2/C#
03:17M58.3Aadd9/C#
03:18M58.4Amaj7/C#
03:18 - 03:19M59.1 - M59.2C#m/Ab
03:20M59.3Amaj7/Ab
03:21M59.4C#m/Ab
03:22 - 03:23M60.1 - M60.2B
03:24M60.3B7sus2
03:24M60.4Amaj9/C#
03:25 - 03:27M61.1 - M61.3C#m
03:28M61.4Amaj7/C#
03:29 - 03:30M62.1 - M62.2A
03:30 - 03:31M62.3 - M62.4F#m7/A
03:32M63.1C#7sus2
03:33M63.2Badd9/Eb
03:34 - 03:35M63.3 - M63.4C#m7
03:36M64.1F#m7/C#
03:36 - 03:37M64.2 - M64.3A/C#
03:38M64.4Amaj7/C#
03:39 - 03:40M65.1 - M65.2B/Eb
03:41M65.3Abm7/Eb
03:42M65.4B/Eb
03:42 - 03:43M66.1 - M66.2A/C#
03:44M66.3Eb
03:45M66.4C#m(add9)/Eb
03:46M67.1Emaj7
03:47M67.2E
03:48M67.3Abm/Eb
03:48M67.4Emaj7/Eb
03:49 - 03:51M68.1 - M68.3Abm/Eb