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Pale Blue Eyes

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The Velvet Underground (1969)experimental rockTop 5%5:20SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: F majorTuning: D TuningTempo: 85 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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95%4 tracks · 6,139 notes · F major · 87 BPM· 5:20Recommended
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Lead Guitar (Sterling Morrison)
Rythm Guitar (Lou Reed)
Bass (Doug Yule)
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92%4 tracks · 2,921 notes · F major · 82 BPM· 2:44partial
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Guitar 1
Guitar 2
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Drums
70%1 tracks · 238 notes · C major · 85 BPM· 1:01partialAcoustic Arrangement
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Guitar
70%1 tracks · 1,078 notes · A minor · 90 BPM· 4:59
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About this song

Pale Blue Eyes by The Velvet Underground is in F major, around 85 BPM, 4/4 time. This 4-track arrangement runs 5:20 (Acoustic guitar (steel), Electric guitar (jazz), Electric bass (pick), and Drums). 4 versions available to play and practice.

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13.36 notes/sec
BassBeginner
1.65 notes/sec
DrumsBeginner
0.72 notes/sec

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Pale Blue Eyes appears on the soundtrack of Perfect Days OST, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film by Todd Haynes (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack), 接触 The Contact OST.