Mother’s Milk cover

Higher Ground

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Mother’s Milk (1989)alternative rockTop 5%3:20SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: E majorTuning: StandardTempo: 141 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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100%7 tracks · 6,863 notes · E minor · 141 BPM· 3:20Recommended
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Intro
Verse 1
Verse 2
Chorus
Verse 3
Verse 4
Chorus
Lead Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Bass
Drums 1
Drums 2
97%7 tracks · 5,494 notes · E minor · 144 BPM· 3:16
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Overdriven Guitar 1
Overdriven guitar 2
Distortion Guitar 1
Distortion guitar 2
Slap Bass 1 1
Slap bass 1 2
Standard drum kit
95%6 tracks · 6,674 notes · E minor · 140 BPM· 3:21
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People
The world
The powers
The world
I'm so
The teachers
The world
Lovers
Sleepers
I'm so
Stevie knows
Slap Bass 1 1
Distortion Guitar 1
Slap bass 1 2
Overdriven Guitar (1)
Distortion guitar 2
Drums
92%4 tracks · 5,503 notes · E minor · 144 BPM· 3:16
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guitar1
guitar2
bass
Drumkit
86%5 tracks · 4,366 notes · E minor · 136 BPM· 5:18extended
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Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Guitar 4
Guitar 5
81%3 tracks · 4,886 notes · E minor · 141 BPM· 3:20One Guitar
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Guitar
Bass
Drums
81%3 tracks · 2,714 notes · E minor · 140 BPM· 3:15
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Slap bass 1
Slap Bass 2
Standard drum kit

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —7 tracks · 3:20

About this song

Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers is in E major, around 141 BPM, 4/4 time. This 7-track arrangement runs 3:20 (Overdriven guitar, Distortion guitar, Electric bass (finger), Choir aahs, Lead 6 (voice), and Drums), with an intro, alternating verses and choruses, and an outro. 7 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

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

BassAdvanced
5.8 notes/sec
DrumsAdvanced
8.77 notes/sec
GuitarAdvanced
7.19 notes/sec
VocalsIntermediate
1.49 notes/sec
OtherBeginner
0.7 notes/sec

Song structure

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0:001:002:003:20
Intro0:00Verse 10:20Verse 20:48Chorus1:15Verse 31:35Verse 42:03Chorus2:30Outro3:11

Vocal range

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

C2C3C4C5G2A4

G2 – A4 · 26 semitones (~2.2 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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Higher Ground appears on the soundtrack of You Are Dead, 気になってる人が男じゃなかった Comic Soundtrack.