Dear Prudence

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The Beatles

The Beatles (1968)rockTop 5%3:57Spotify YouTube Apple Music Deezer Tidal

Key: D majorTuning: Drop DTempo: 74 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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100%14 tracks · 4,078 notes · D major · 74 BPM· 3:57Recommended

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Intro

Verse 1

Verse 2

Bridge

Verse 3

Verse 1

Outro

Lead Vocals

Backing Vocals

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Guitar 3

Guitar 4

Bass

Piano 1

Piano 2

Brass

Drums 1

Drums 2

Drums 3

Drums 4

100%10 tracks · 3,416 notes · D major · 100 BPM· 2:58partial

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Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Guitar 3

Guitar 4

Acoustic Piano

Chorus

Bass

Hand Clap

Tambourine

Drumkit

100%10 tracks · 3,627 notes · D major · 74 BPM· 3:57

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Acoustic Guitar

1-st Electric Guitar

2-nd Electric Guitar

Vocal

Background Vocal

Piano

Bass

Hand Clap

Tambourine

Drumkit

100%12 tracks · 3,700 notes · D major · 72 BPM· 4:13

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Lead Vocal

Vocal 2

Vocal 3

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Guitar 3

Guitar 4

Bass

Piano

Drums

Hand Claps

Tambourine

100%8 tracks · 3,115 notes · D major · 74 BPM· 3:58

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Tenor 1

Tenor 2

Acoustic Guitar 1

Acoustic Guitar 2

Guitar

Bass Guitar

Drum Set

Electric piano 1

100%20 tracks · 4,820 notes · D major · 146 BPM· 3:58

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Alto sax

Electric bass (finger)

Acoustic guitar (steel)

Electric Guitar (clean) 1

Electric guitar (clean) 2

Flute

Acoustic grand piano

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

Standard Drum Kit 13

78%3 tracks · 1,447 notes · C major · 74 BPM· 3:58

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None 1

None 2

None 3

68%1 tracks · 1,101 notes · D major · 74 BPM· 3:23Fingerstyle

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Intro

Verse

Bridge

Verse

Intro

Guitar

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —14 tracks · 3:57

About this song

Dear Prudence by The Beatles is in D major, around 74 BPM, 4/4 time. This 14-track arrangement runs 3:57 (Acoustic grand piano, Electric guitar (clean), Overdriven guitar, Electric bass (pick), Choir aahs, French horn, and Drums), with an intro, 4 verses, a bridge, and an outro. 8 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

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

GuitarAdvanced

6.25 notes/sec

DrumsIntermediate

3.22 notes/sec

PianoIntermediate

1.01 notes/sec

OtherIntermediate

0.2 notes/sec

BassBeginner

1.6 notes/sec

VocalsBeginner

0.87 notes/sec

Chord progressionsestimated

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Verse

Bridge

Song structure

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0:001:002:003:003:57

Intro0:00 Verse 10:19 Verse 21:05 Bridge1:50 Verse 32:13 Verse 12:57 Outro3:41

Vocal range

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A3 – A4 · 12 semitones (~1 octaves)

About the key of D major

D major is the 6th most common key in our catalog. Its three core chords are D, G, and A.

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