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Okie From Muskogee

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A Portrait of Merle Haggard (1969)countryTop 5%2:46SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: E minorestTuning: StandardTempo: variesTime signature: 4/4

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100%8 tracks · 5,485 notes · E minor · 138 BPM· 2:46Recommended
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OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE ;Merle Haggard / Roy Edward Burris
Fretless bass
Acoustic guitar (steel)
Pan Flute 1
Pan flute 2
Electric guitar (clean)
Electric guitar (muted)
Brush drum kit
90%9 tracks · 6,976 notes · E minor · 150 BPM· 2:42
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Electric grand piano
Fretless bass
Synth strings 1
Alto sax
Electric guitar (muted)
Electric guitar (jazz)
Electric guitar (clean)
Acoustic guitar (steel)
Standard drum kit
90%10 tracks · 7,306 notes · E minor · 151 BPM· 2:41
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Electric grand piano
Fretless bass
Synth strings 1
Harmonica
Electric guitar (muted)
Electric guitar (jazz)
Electric guitar (clean)
Oboe
Acoustic guitar (steel)
Standard drum kit
90%9 tracks · 6,976 notes · E minor · 151 BPM· 2:42
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Electric grand piano
Fretless bass
Synth strings 1
Alto sax
Electric guitar (muted)
Electric guitar (jazz)
Electric guitar (clean)
Acoustic guitar (steel)
DRUMS
85%10 tracks · 7,345 notes · E minor · 150 BPM· 2:43
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Electric grand piano
Electric Guitar (jazz) 1
Electric Guitar (clean) 1
Alto sax
Electric guitar (muted)
Electric guitar (jazz) 2
Electric bass (pick)
Electric guitar (clean) 2
Acoustic guitar (steel)
Standard drum kit
78%2 tracks · 991 notes · A major · 138 BPM· 2:40
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Guitar
Bass
75%2 tracks · 1,029 notes · E major · 120 BPM· 1:30partial
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Guitar 1
Guitar 2

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —8 tracks · 2:46

About this song

Okie From Muskogee by Merle Haggard is in E minor (estimated), 4/4 time. This 8-track arrangement runs 2:46 (Acoustic grand piano, Acoustic guitar (steel), Electric guitar (clean), Electric guitar (muted), Fretless bass, Pan flute, and Drums). 7 versions available to play and practice.

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DrumsAdvanced
9.91 notes/sec
GuitarAdvanced
12.05 notes/sec
PianoIntermediate
2.81 notes/sec
BassBeginner
1.46 notes/sec
OtherBeginner
1.47 notes/sec

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Okie From Muskogee appears on the soundtrack of Convoy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Convoy O.S.T., Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack, Platoon, The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Soundtrack.