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Velvet Revolver

Contraband (2004)hard rockTop 5%4:06Spotify YouTube Apple Music Deezer Tidal

Key: D minorTuning: Drop DTempo: 142 BPMest

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98%8 tracks · 7,089 notes · D minor · 141 BPM· 4:06Recommended

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Intro

Main Riff

1st Verse

Chorus

Main Riff

2nd Verse

Chorus

Bridge

Guitar Solo

Main Riff

Chorus

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Guitar 3

Guitar 4

Bass

Lead Vocals

Drums 1

Drums 2

98%8 tracks · 7,062 notes · C# minor · 142 BPM· 4:04Drop C#

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Intro

Main Riff

1st Verse

Chorus

Main Riff

2nd Verse

Chorus

Bridge

Guitar Solo

Main Riff

Chorus

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Guitar 3

Guitar 4

Bass

Lead Vocals

Drums 1

Drums 2

98%8 tracks · 7,081 notes · D minor · 142 BPM· 4:04

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Lead Guitar Licks (Slash)

Lead Guitar (Slash)

Guitar 1 (Slash)

Guitar 2 (Dave Kushner)

Bass (Duff McKagan)

Vocals (Weiland)

Woodblock

Drumkit

98%12 tracks · 7,063 notes · D minor · 142 BPM· 4:04

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Overdriven Guitar 1

Overdriven guitar 2

Overdriven guitar 3

Overdriven guitar 4

Overdriven guitar 5

Overdriven guitar 6

Overdriven guitar 7

Overdriven guitar 8

Electric Bass (pick) 1

Electric bass (pick) 2

Standard drum kit

Clarinet

98%9 tracks · 5,584 notes · D minor · 130 BPM· 4:30Acoustic Version

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Tenor Sax 1

Tenor sax 2

Acoustic Guitar (steel) 1

Acoustic guitar (steel) 2

Acoustic guitar (steel) 3

Acoustic guitar (steel) 4

Electric Bass (pick) 1

Electric bass (pick) 2

Standard drum kit

98%12 tracks · 6,814 notes · D major · 142 BPM· 4:04

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Overdriven Guitar 1

Overdriven guitar 2

Overdriven guitar 3

Overdriven guitar 4

Overdriven guitar 5

Overdriven guitar 6

Electric guitar (jazz)

Overdriven guitar 7

Overdriven guitar 8

Electric Bass (pick) 1

Electric bass (pick) 2

Drums (Matt Sorum)

93%5 tracks · 5,787 notes · D minor · 130 BPM· 4:30Acoustic Version

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Intro

Main theme

Verse

Chorus

Main theme

Verse

Chorus

Interlude

Solo

Verse

Chorus

Sax

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Bass

Drums

93%5 tracks · 5,171 notes · D minor · 142 BPM· 4:04alt

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Pick Scraping

Clean chords

Main Riff

1st Verse

Chorus

Main Riff

2nd Verse

Chorus

Bridge

Fade-in chords

Guitar Solo

Main Riff

Chorus

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Bass

Lead Vocals

Drums

93%6 tracks · 5,361 notes · D minor · 130 BPM· 4:28Acoustic Version

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Scott

Slash (12 string acoustic)

Dave

Duff

Cabasa

Drumkit

79%3 tracks · 2,462 notes · D major · 140 BPM· 4:18

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Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Guitar 3

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —8 tracks · 4:06

About this song

Slither by Velvet Revolver is in D minor, around 142 BPM. This 8-track arrangement runs 4:06 (Distortion guitar, Electric bass (pick), Lead 6 (voice), and Drums), with an intro, alternating verses and choruses, a bridge, a solo, and an outro. 10 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

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

DrumsAdvanced

7.23 notes/sec

GuitarAdvanced

7.87 notes/sec

BassIntermediate

3.96 notes/sec

VocalsBeginner

1.04 notes/sec

Chord progressionsestimated

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Intro

Verse

Chorus

Bridge

Solo

Song structure

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0:001:002:003:004:06

Intro0:00 Verse 10:41 Chorus1:09 Verse 21:36 Chorus2:03 Bridge2:30 Solo2:44 Chorus3:25 Outro3:52

Vocal range

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F3 – A4 · 16 semitones (~1.3 octaves)

About the key of D minor

D minor is the 3rd most common key in our catalog. Its three core chords are Dm, Gm, and Am.

Browse all songs in D minor Build a chord progression in this key

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