Octavarium cover

The Root of All Evil

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Dream Theater

Octavarium (2005)progressive metalTop 5%8:05SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: F minorTuning: StandardTempo: 144 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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100%13 tracks · 9,539 notes · F minor · 144 BPM· 8:05Recommended
Practice Play
Intro
Post-Verse
Re Intro
Verse 2
Post-Verse
Chorus 1
Post-chorus
Bridge
Verse 4
Post-Verse
This Dying Soul
Guitar Tapping
Keyboard Solo
Chorus
Post-chorus
Lead Vocals
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Bass
Synth 1
Synth 2
Organ
Piano 1
Piano 2
Synth 3
Synth 4
Drums
100%8 tracks · 9,634 notes · F minor · 144 BPM· 7:47
Practice Play
James Labrie
John Petrucci 1
John Petrucci 2
John Myung
Jordan Rudess 1
Jordan Rudess 2
Jordan Rudess 3
Drumkit
100%17 tracks · 9,627 notes · F minor · 144 BPM· 7:53
Practice Play
Jordan Rudess 1
Synth brass 1
Distortion Guitar 1
Electric guitar (clean)
Guitar Harmonics 1
Overdriven guitar
Distortion guitar 2
Guitar harmonics 2
Electric bass (finger)
Jordan Rudess 2
Lead 1 (square) 1
String Ensemble 1 1
Jordan Rudess 3
Lead 2 (sawtooth)
Lead 1 (square) 2
String ensemble 1 2
Mike Portnoy

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —13 tracks · 8:05

About this song

The Root of All Evil by Dream Theater is in F minor, around 144 BPM, 4/4 time. This 13-track arrangement runs 8:05 (Bright acoustic piano, Honky-tonk piano, Rock organ, Electric guitar (clean), Distortion guitar, Electric bass (finger), and Drums), with an intro, alternating verses and choruses, a bridge, a solo, and an outro. 3 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

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

GuitarAdvanced
4.13 notes/sec
BassIntermediate
3.61 notes/sec
DrumsIntermediate
6.15 notes/sec
KeysIntermediate
0.2 notes/sec
OtherIntermediate
1.05 notes/sec
PianoIntermediate
1.33 notes/sec
VocalsIntermediate
0.89 notes/sec

Song structure

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0:001:002:003:004:005:006:007:008:05
Intro0:00Verse1:52Intro2:05Verse 22:18Verse2:45Chorus 12:58Post-chorus3:25Bridge3:38Verse 44:23Verse4:37Solo5:27Chorus6:20Post-chorus6:47Outro7:43

Vocal range

The span of the lead vocal line — see at a glance whether it sits in your range.

C2C3C4C5C6D♯2C5

D♯2 – C5 · 33 semitones (~2.8 octaves)

About the key of F minor

F minor is the 17th most common key in our catalog. Its three core chords are Fm, A♯m, and Cm.

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