Blue Suede Shoes

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Carl Perkins

Dance Album of… Carl Perkins (1957)rockabillyHigh2:14Spotify YouTube Apple Music Deezer

Key: A majorestTempo: variesTime signature: 4/4

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95%6 tracks · 3,871 notes · A major · 172 BPM· 2:14Recommended

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Standard drum kit

Acoustic bass

Acoustic guitar (steel)

Pan flute

Electric guitar (clean)

Acoustic grand piano

85%5 tracks · 5,007 notes · A major · 192 BPM· 1:57

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Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Bass

Drums

Lead Vocals

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —6 tracks · 2:14

About this song

Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins is in A major (estimated), 4/4 time. This 6-track arrangement runs 2:14 (Acoustic grand piano, Acoustic guitar (steel), Electric guitar (clean), Acoustic bass, Pan flute, and Drums). 2 versions available to play and practice.

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How hard each detected part is to play in the recommended version.

DrumsAdvanced

7.02 notes/sec

GuitarAdvanced

13.29 notes/sec

BassIntermediate

2.42 notes/sec

PianoIntermediate

0.3 notes/sec

OtherBeginner

1.84 notes/sec

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About the key of A major

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Blue Suede Shoes appears on the soundtrack of Porky’s Revenge, The Ultimate Eis am Stiel.