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Can't Buy Me Love

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The Beatles’ Second Album (1964)rockTop 5%2:08SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: C majorTuning: StandardTempo: 175 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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100%8 tracks · 4,055 notes · C major · 172 BPM· 2:08Recommended
Practice Play
Intro
Verse 1
Verse 2
Bridge
Verse 3
Solo
Bridge
Lead Vocals
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Guitar 4
Guitar 5
Bass
Drums
100%9 tracks · 4,476 notes · A major · 175 BPM· 1:54Acoustic Version
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Piano 1
Piano 2
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Piano 3
Piano 4
Bass
Drums
95%6 tracks · 5,118 notes · F major · 168 BPM· 2:29extended
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Electric bass (finger)
Electric guitar (clean)
Acoustic guitar (steel)
Lead 8 (bass + lead)
Power drum kit
Distortion guitar
94%6 tracks · 4,182 notes · C major · 155 BPM· 2:24Cant Buy Me Love
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Trombone
Tenor sax
Electric guitar (clean)
Acoustic guitar (steel)
Fretless bass
Jazz drum kit
92%5 tracks · 3,245 notes · C major · 181 BPM· 2:04The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
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Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Bass
Drums
Lead Vocals
90%18 tracks · 5,291 notes · C major · 179 BPM· 2:07Cant Buy Me Love
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Lead 3 (calliope)
Electric guitar (clean)
Acoustic grand piano
Electric bass (finger)
Electric guitar (jazz)
Acoustic guitar (steel)
Standard Drum Kit 1
Standard drum kit 2
Standard drum kit 3
Standard drum kit 4
Standard drum kit 5
Standard drum kit 6
Standard drum kit 7
Standard drum kit 8
Standard drum kit 9
Standard Drum Kit 10
Standard Drum Kit 11
Standard Drum Kit 12
56%1 tracks · 143 notes · A minor · 174 BPM· 0:29partial
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Electric guitar (clean)

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —8 tracks · 2:08

About this song

Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles is in C major, around 175 BPM, 4/4 time. This 8-track arrangement runs 2:08 (Acoustic guitar (steel), Electric guitar (jazz), Electric guitar (clean), Electric bass (pick), Lead 6 (voice), and Drums), with an intro, 4 verses, a bridge, a solo, 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.

GuitarAdvanced
17.97 notes/sec
BassIntermediate
2.73 notes/sec
DrumsIntermediate
5.64 notes/sec
VocalsBeginner
1.92 notes/sec

Chord progressionsestimated

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Intro
Verse
Bridge
Solo
Outro

Song structure

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0:001:002:08
Intro0:00Verse 10:09Verse 20:26Bridge0:43Verse 30:54Solo1:11Bridge1:29Verse 31:40Outro1:57

Vocal range

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C3C4C5C6G3C5

G3 – C5 · 17 semitones (~1.4 octaves)

About the key of C major

C major is the 10th most common key in our catalog. Its three core chords are C, F, and G.

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Can't Buy Me Love appears on the soundtrack of A Hard Day’s Night, Anthology: Soundtrack to the Disney+ Series (Episodes 1-3).