Script for a Jester’s Tear cover

Forgotten Sons

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Script for a Jester’s Tear (1983)progressive rockHigh8:15SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: A minorestTempo: 132 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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88%7 tracks · 11,676 notes · A minor · 132 BPM· 8:15Recommended
Practice Play
Armalite
cause on not so foreign shor
Gt Interlude
Break
Your mother sits on the edge
Interlude
Bass Break
And so as I patrol in the va
Outro 1
Outro 2
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Bass
Brass
Strings
Drums
84%6 tracks · 9,198 notes · A minor · 132 BPM· 7:57
Practice Play
Guitar 1
Bass
Guitar 2
Drums
Strings
Brass

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —7 tracks · 8:15

About this song

Forgotten Sons by Marillion is in A minor (estimated), around 132 BPM, 4/4 time. This 7-track arrangement runs 8:15 (Overdriven guitar, Distortion guitar, Electric bass (finger), Synth strings 1, Brass section, and Drums), with an interlude and an outro. 2 versions available to play and practice.

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GuitarAdvanced
7.85 notes/sec
BassIntermediate
2.28 notes/sec
DrumsIntermediate
5.89 notes/sec
OtherIntermediate
0.94 notes/sec
OtherIntermediate
1.16 notes/sec

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Interlude
Outro

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0:001:002:003:004:005:006:007:008:15
Interlude0:44Interlude2:40Outro5:29Outro6:43

About the key of A minor

A minor is the 2nd most common key in our catalog. Its three core chords are Am, Dm, and Em.

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