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What Is and What Should Never Be

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Led Zeppelin II (1969)hard rockTop 5%4:36SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: E majorestTempo: 75 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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100%7 tracks · 4,393 notes · E major · 75 BPM· 4:36Recommended
Practice Play
Verse 1
Chorus 1
Verse 2
Chorus 2
Guitar Solo
Verse 3
Chorus 3
Outro
Fade Out
Lead Vocals
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Guitar 4
Bass
Drums
100%13 tracks · 5,772 notes · E major · 77 BPM· 4:55
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Vocals 1
Vocals 2
Vocals 3
Soft Jazz Guitar
Heavy Guitar
Slide Guitar 1
Slide Guitar 2
Bass
Drums
Slide Guitar 1 Double
Slide Guitar 2 Double
Slap Bass
Doubled Overdrive Guitar
95%6 tracks · 5,465 notes · A major · 75 BPM· 4:48
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Jimmy Page (clean electric guitar)
Jimmy Page (Distorted Electric Guitar)
Jimmy Page (Distorted Electric Guitar 2)
John Paul Jones (Bass)
Robert Plant ( Vocals)
Drumkit
95%5 tracks · 4,399 notes · A major · 75 BPM· 4:45
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Vocal (Robert P.)
Guitar 1 (Jimmy P.)
Solo (Jimmy P.)
Bass (John Paul J.)
Drumkit
81%3 tracks · 3,907 notes · E major · 85 BPM· 4:35Live
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Guitar
Bass
Drums

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —7 tracks · 4:36

About this song

What Is and What Should Never Be by Led Zeppelin is in E major (estimated), around 75 BPM, 4/4 time. This 7-track arrangement runs 4:36 (Acoustic guitar (steel), Electric guitar (jazz), Electric guitar (clean), Overdriven guitar, Electric bass (finger), Lead 6 (voice), and Drums), with 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.

BassIntermediate
2.54 notes/sec
DrumsIntermediate
3.57 notes/sec
GuitarIntermediate
3.93 notes/sec
VocalsIntermediate
1.59 notes/sec

Song structure

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0:001:002:003:004:36
Verse 10:00Chorus 10:26Verse 20:58Chorus 21:20Solo1:49Verse 32:46Chorus 33:09Outro3:38

Vocal range

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

C2C3C4C5C6E2D♯5

E2 – D♯5 · 35 semitones (~2.9 octaves)

About the key of E major

E major is the 5th most common key in our catalog. Its three core chords are E, A, and B.

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