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Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Bass and Drums Excerpt)

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76 BPM 1:11 F# Major 2 tracks 465 notes
Red Hot Chili Peppers Bass And Drums ExcerptAlternative Rock
Image: Carlos Delgado·CC BY-SA 3.0

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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.

76 BPM

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Song Snapshot

Playable signals
Tempo76 BPM
Duration1:11
Tracks2
Notes465
Key / ScaleF# Major
Pitch rangeE1 (28) - E3 (52)
Range span24 semitones

Melody Distribution

Registers by section

Chord Progressions

Main harmonic movement
Opening
EBAbAEBC#F#m(add9)/AbAE
00:00 - 00:17
Early middle
AbAEBC#F#m(add9)/AbAE5EF#5/C#
00:17 - 00:35
Late middle
Bsus2/C#E5/BF#F#5/C#EE5/BBsus2/C#E5/BF#A
00:35 - 00:53
Ending
CGsus2/AG5/DFsus2AmGsus2A5/ECGsus2/AG5/D
00:53 - 01:11

Description & Musical Analysis

Under the Bridge from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album Californication, composed by the band members

How to Play & Trivia

Play the iconic bass line on piano or guitar with emphasis on the E and B chords.

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MIDI Technical Specifications

Key / Scale
F# Major
Pitch Range
E1 (28) - E3 (52)
Total Notes
465

Note Distribution

C
98 21.1%
C#
65 14.0%
D
23 4.9%
Eb
61 13.1%
E
17 3.7%
F
4 0.9%
F#
135 29.0%
G
18 3.9%
Ab
4 0.9%
A
27 5.8%
Bb
3 0.6%
B
10 2.2%

Tracks & Instruments

TrackInstrumentNotes
Elektrischer Bass [Tabulatur]acoustic grand piano106
Schlagzeugacoustic grand piano359

Chord Timeline

TimeBeatChord
00:01 - 00:02M1.3 - M1.4E
00:03 - 00:04M2.1 - M2.3B
00:06M3.1Ab
00:07M3.2A
00:07 - 00:08M3.3 - M3.4E
00:09 - 00:11M4.1 - M4.3B
00:11M4.4C#
00:12M5.1F#m(add9)/Ab
00:13M5.2A
00:14 - 00:15M5.3 - M5.4E
00:15 - 00:17M6.1 - M6.3B
00:18M7.1Ab
00:19M7.2A
00:20 - 00:21M7.3 - M7.4E
00:22 - 00:23M8.1 - M8.3B
00:24M8.4C#
00:25M9.1F#m(add9)/Ab
00:26M9.2A
00:26M9.3E5
00:27 - 00:33M9.4 - M11.3E
00:33M11.4F#5/C#
00:34M12.1E
00:35M12.2E5/B
00:36M12.3Bsus2/C#
00:37M12.4E5/B
00:37 - 00:38M13.1 - M13.2F#
00:40M13.4F#5/C#
00:41M14.1E
00:41M14.2E5/B
00:42M14.3Bsus2/C#
00:43M14.4E5/B
00:44 - 00:45M15.1 - M15.2F#
00:45M15.3A
00:46M15.4A5/E
00:47M16.1C
00:48 - 00:48M16.2 - M16.3Gsus2/A
00:49M16.4G5/D
00:50M17.1Fsus2
00:51M17.2Am
00:52M17.3Gsus2
00:52M17.4A5/E
00:53M18.1C
00:54 - 00:55M18.2 - M18.3Gsus2/A
00:56M18.4G5/D
00:56M19.1Fsus2
00:57M19.2Am
00:58M19.3Gsus2
00:59M19.4A5/E
01:00M20.1C
01:00 - 01:01M20.2 - M20.3Gsus2/A
01:02M20.4G5/D
01:03M21.1Fsus2
01:03M21.2Am
01:04M21.3Gsus2
01:05M21.4A5/E
01:06M22.1C
01:07M22.2A
01:07M22.3Gsus2
01:08M22.4G
01:09M23.1Fsus2
01:10M23.2Am
01:11M23.3G