The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

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Roberta Flack

First Take (1969)soulHigh3:07Spotify YouTube Apple Music

Key: A minorTuning: StandardTempo: variesTime signature: 4/4

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94%8 tracks · 4,297 notes · A minor · 82 BPM· 3:07Recommended

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FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE

thanks for listening

Bass / Acoustic bass

Drums / Wire brush

Chimes / Glockenspiel

Voices / Who who's

Strings / Slow strings

1st Melody / Nylon str. guitar

2nd Melody / Leyas voice

3rd Melody / Rhodes piano

77%3 tracks · 1,779 notes · C major · 115 BPM· 5:42extended

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Lead Vocals

Guitar

Bass

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —8 tracks · 3:07

About this song

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack is in A minor, 4/4 time. This 8-track arrangement runs 3:07 (Electric piano 1, Glockenspiel, Acoustic guitar (nylon), Acoustic bass, String ensemble 2, Voice oohs, and Drums). 2 versions available to play and practice.

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DrumsAdvanced

13.05 notes/sec

OtherIntermediate

3.06 notes/sec

OtherIntermediate

2.74 notes/sec

BassBeginner

1.36 notes/sec

GuitarBeginner

0.23 notes/sec

PianoBeginner

0.33 notes/sec

VocalsBeginner

0.23 notes/sec

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G3 – A4 · 14 semitones (~1.2 octaves)

About the key of A minor

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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face appears on the soundtrack of X-Men: Days of Future Past: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.