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Tubular Bells

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Mike Oldfield

Tubular Bells (1973)progressive rockTop 5%17:11SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: E minorestTuning: StandardTempo: varies

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94%18 tracks · 13,898 notes · E minor · 144 BPM· 17:11Recommended
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Intro
Farfisa and Glockenspiel In
Bass In
Right-Left Pianos
Double-Speed Guitar In
Guitar Harmony
Bridge
Mandolin Guitar Part
Acoustic Guitar Solo
Wonderful Melody
Some Kind Of Groove
Fast Guitars
Distorted Bass Part
Latin
idk whats happening here
idk whats happening here
Bridge Replayed
Acoustic Guitar Solo II
Once again, beautiful
Honky-Tonk Part
Base for the outro
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Guitar 4
Winds
Piano 1
Piano 2
Piano 3
Piano 4
Organ
Mallets 1
FX
Bass
Guitar 5
Drums
Mallets 2
Mallets 3
Mallets 4
2%1 tracks · 30 notes · E minor · 180 BPM· 0:05partial
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Acoustic grand piano
1 tracks · 26 notes · E minor · 200 BPM· 0:04partial
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TotalGSM: Tubular Bells

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —18 tracks · 17:11

About this song

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield is in E minor (estimated). This 18-track arrangement runs 17:11 (Acoustic grand piano, Honky-tonk piano, Glockenspiel, Tubular bells, Reed organ, Acoustic guitar (steel), and Drums), with an intro, 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.

GuitarIntermediate
2.13 notes/sec
KeysIntermediate
1.36 notes/sec
OtherIntermediate
0.74 notes/sec
PianoIntermediate
2.08 notes/sec
OtherIntermediate
0.03 notes/sec
BassBeginner
1.46 notes/sec
DrumsBeginner
0.39 notes/sec

Song structure

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0:001:002:003:004:005:006:007:008:009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:11
Intro0:00Bridge2:57Solo3:37Bridge8:05Solo8:32Outro16:11

About the key of E minor

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