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Learning to Live

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Images and Words (1992)progressive metalTop 5%11:16SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: F# minorTuning: StandardTempo: 144 BPMestTime signature: 15/8

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94%11 tracks · 13,387 notes · E major · 140 BPM· 11:16Recommended
Practice Play
Intro
Key Solo 1
First Verse
First Chorus
Second Verse
Third Verse
Key Solo 2
Acoustic Solo
Whoa
Guitar Solo 2
Wait For Sleep
Guitar Solo 3
Key Solo 3
Duet Solo
Second Chorus
Outro
Lead Vocals
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Guitar 4
Guitar 5
Bass
Synth 1
Piano
Synth 2
Drums
94%9 tracks · 12,300 notes · E minor · 184 BPM· 10:46
Practice Play
Petrucci 1
Petrucci 2
Moore 1
Moore 2
Myung
LaBrie
Tambourine
Cabasa
Drumkit
94%9 tracks · 12,290 notes · E minor · 144 BPM· 11:21
Practice Play
Petrucci 1
Petrucci 2
Moore 1
Moore 2
Myung
LaBrie
Tambourine
Cabasa
Drumkit
94%11 tracks · 12,310 notes · E minor · 144 BPM· 12:07
Practice Play
String ensemble 1
Acoustic grand piano
Lead 2 (sawtooth)
Harpsichord
Overdriven guitar
Fretless bass
FX 5 (brightness)
Pan Flute 1
Pan flute 2
Cabasa
Drumkit
94%30 tracks · 14,115 notes · E minor · 144 BPM· 12:07
Practice Play
Percussive organ
Choir Aahs 1
Honky-tonk piano
Pad 3 (polysynth) 1
Distortion Guitar 1
Tremolo strings
Lead 1 (square) 1
Voice oohs
Lead 2 (sawtooth)
Lead 6 (voice)
Pad 5 (bowed)
Lead 1 (square) 2
Synth strings 1
Church organ
Ocarina
Pan flute
Pad 7 (halo)
Pad 2 (warm)
String ensemble 1
Pad 3 (polysynth) 2
Alto sax
Choir aahs 2
Distortion guitar 2
Distortion guitar 3
Electric guitar (clean)
Acoustic guitar (nylon)
Electric guitar (jazz)
Acoustic guitar (steel)
Electric bass (finger)
Power drum kit

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —11 tracks · 11:16

About this song

Learning to Live by Dream Theater is in F# minor, around 144 BPM, 15/8 time. This 11-track arrangement runs 11:16 (Acoustic grand piano, Acoustic guitar (steel), Electric guitar (clean), Distortion guitar, Electric bass (finger), Lead 2 (sawtooth), and Drums), with an intro, alternating verses and choruses, a solo, and an outro. 5 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

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

DrumsAdvanced
7.39 notes/sec
BassIntermediate
3.75 notes/sec
GuitarIntermediate
3.55 notes/sec
OtherIntermediate
1.33 notes/sec
PianoIntermediate
0.4 notes/sec
VocalsIntermediate
0.74 notes/sec

Song structure

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0:001:002:003:004:005:006:007:008:009:0010:0011:16
Intro0:00Solo0:52Verse1:36Chorus2:42Verse3:21Verse4:12Solo4:38Solo5:27Solo7:08Solo8:36Solo9:02Solo9:16Chorus9:30Outro9:57

Vocal range

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C3C4C5C6C7B3F♯6

B3 – F♯6 · 31 semitones (~2.6 octaves)

About the key of F# minor

F# minor is the 13th most common key in our catalog. Its three core chords are F♯m, Bm, and C♯m.

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