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Toreador Song - Carmen (short excerpt)

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120 BPM 0:47 E Minor 3 tracks 336 notes
Carmen Short ExcerptClassical
Image: New York : Liebler & Maass Lith.·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.

120 BPM

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Song Snapshot

Playable signals
Tempo120 BPM
Duration0:47
Tracks3
Notes336
Key / ScaleE Minor
Pitch rangeD2 (38) - B5 (83)
Range span45 semitones

Melody Distribution

Registers by section

Chord Progressions

Main harmonic movement
Opening
C/EEm/GCCadd9Em/GCDm11/FG/DC/EEm
00:00 - 00:11
Early middle
BG6/EF#7sus4/EBE/BAbm/BAbmEFDm
00:11 - 00:23
Late middle
CC/GCCadd9Em/GCDm11/FG/DC/EEm
00:23 - 00:35
Ending
G/BG6/BBsus4/EBE/BAbm/BEFDmC/G
00:35 - 00:47

Description & Musical Analysis

The Toreador Song is from the opera Carmen, composed by Georges Bizet, and is one of the most recognizable arias in opera.

How to Play & Trivia

Play the iconic melody on trumpet or piano, emphasizing the strong rhythmic pattern in 4/4 time.

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MIDI Technical Specifications

Key / Scale
E Minor
Pitch Range
D2 (38) - B5 (83)
Total Notes
336

Note Distribution

C
47 14.0%
C#
0 0.0%
D
37 11.0%
Eb
4 1.2%
E
69 20.5%
F
35 10.4%
F#
5 1.5%
G
69 20.5%
Ab
6 1.8%
A
35 10.4%
Bb
0 0.0%
B
29 8.6%

Tracks & Instruments

TrackInstrumentNotes
Fluteflute98
Pianoacoustic grand piano147
Pianoacoustic grand piano91

Chord Timeline

TimeBeatChord
00:00M1.1C/E
00:00M1.2Em/G
00:01 - 00:01M1.3 - M1.4C
00:02M2.1Cadd9
00:02M2.2Em/G
00:03 - 00:03M2.3 - M2.4C
00:04M3.1Dm11/F
00:04M3.2G/D
00:05M3.3C/E
00:05M3.4Em
00:06M4.1Am
00:06M4.2D/F#
00:07 - 00:07M4.3 - M4.4G
00:08M5.1Dm
00:08M5.2Dm/A
00:09M5.3Dm
00:09M5.4Fsus2
00:10M6.1Cadd9/G
00:10M6.2Em/G
00:11M6.3C/E
00:11M6.4A7sus2/G
00:12M7.1B
00:12M7.2G6/E
00:13M7.3F#7sus4/E
00:13M7.4B
00:14M8.1E/B
00:14M8.2Abm/B
00:15M8.3Abm
00:15M8.4E
00:16M9.1F
00:17M9.4Dm
00:18M10.1C/G
00:19M10.3E
00:19M10.4Am/C
00:20M11.1Em/G
00:21M11.3C
00:21M11.4G
00:22M12.1C6
00:22M12.2Cmaj9
00:23M12.3Fmaj9/C
00:23M12.4Dm9/C
00:24M13.1C
00:24M13.2C/G
00:25 - 00:25M13.3 - M13.4C
00:26M14.1Cadd9
00:26M14.2Em/G
00:27 - 00:27M14.3 - M14.4C
00:28M15.1Dm11/F
00:28M15.2G/D
00:29M15.3C/E
00:29M15.4Em
00:30M16.1Am
00:30M16.2D/F#
00:31 - 00:31M16.3 - M16.4G
00:32M17.1Dm
00:32M17.2Dm/A
00:33M17.3Dm
00:33M17.4Fadd9/A
00:34M18.1Cadd9
00:34M18.2Em/G
00:35M18.3C
00:35M18.4A7sus2/E
00:36M19.1G/B
00:36M19.2G6/B
00:37M19.3Bsus4/E
00:37M19.4B
00:38M20.1E/B
00:38 - 00:39M20.2 - M20.3Abm/B
00:39M20.4E
00:40M21.1F
00:41M21.4Dm
00:42M22.1C/G
00:43M22.3E
00:43M22.4Am/C
00:44M23.1Em/G
00:45M23.3C/G
00:45M23.4G
00:46 - 00:47M24.1 - M24.4C