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Good Times Roll

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The Cars (1978)new waveTop 5%6:06SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: variesTuning: StandardTempo: 109 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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100%10 tracks · 3,825 notes · B major · 109 BPM· 6:06Recommended
Practice Play
Synth drum
Synth choir
Overdriven Guitar 1
Synth Strings 1 1
Synth strings 1 2
Tremolo Strings 1
Tremolo strings 2
Overdriven guitar 2
Distortion guitar
Standard drum kit
100%18 tracks · 3,850 notes · F major · 115 BPM· 3:33partial
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Synth brass 1
Accordion
Synth drum
Lead 2 (sawtooth)
Electric bass (finger)
Overdriven Guitar 1
Overdriven guitar 2
Distortion guitar
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
86%4 tracks · 2,053 notes · B minor · 106 BPM· 3:10partial
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Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Synth

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —10 tracks · 6:06

About this song

Good Times Roll by The Cars, around 109 BPM, 4/4 time. This 10-track arrangement runs 6:06 (Overdriven guitar, Distortion guitar, Tremolo strings, Synth strings 1, Synth choir, Synth drum, and Drums). 3 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

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

DrumsIntermediate
3.68 notes/sec
GuitarIntermediate
2.19 notes/sec
VocalsIntermediate
0.77 notes/sec
OtherBeginner
0.04 notes/sec
OtherBeginner
0.67 notes/sec

Chord progressionsestimated

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Section

Vocal range

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C3C4C5C6F♯3G♯5

F♯3 – G♯5 · 26 semitones (~2.2 octaves)

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Good Times Roll appears on the soundtrack of Everybody Wants Some, Music From the Motion Picture.