Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Scenes from an Italian restaurant |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | The stranger |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 7:36 |
| Dur Grp | 6:00+ |
| Year | 1977 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 92 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 090-094 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | F |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Beat change |
| Rec Tag 2 | Without constant BPM |
| Rec Tag 3 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 4 | Break |
| Rec Tag 5 | Rubato |
| Rec Tag 6 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | 2nd voice add (male) |
| Voc Info 3 | Without BGV |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | Whole Up |
| Mod (Temp) 2 | Whole Down |
| Mod T Type 1 | Pump Up (TrDrMod) |
| Mod T Type 2 | Near Key |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | Whole Up, Whole Down |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/Hxx8IWIvKg0?t=67 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
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| Solo Instrument 1 | Soprano Sax |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | SAX |
| Instr 2 | PIANO |
| Instr 3 | ACCORDION |
| Instr 4 | CLARINET |
| Instr 5 | STRINGS SECTION |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Patrick Williams |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3S4VLIl72yJcAqOaYeHdPw?si=4396730b1c9d4486 |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | ❌ |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billyjoel/scenesfromanitalianrestaurant.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Billy Joel |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A vintage wine bottle |
| Explanation | ✱ Observing the different paths lives take from high school glory to adult reality. |
| MTag 1 | Nostalgia |
| MTag 2 | Change |
| MTag 3 | Society:Built:Structures |
| MTag 4 | Story |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-ii/I-V/I-IV/I-I, V-V/IV-I/III-IV-V, II-I/III-II/#IV-V-IV/VI-V/VII-I |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | ❌ |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 9 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, IV, V, v, bVI, VI, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | No Chorus |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 82 |
| Mel Cmplx | 75 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 58 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 75 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 61 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 80-89 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 60-69 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 42 |
| Spot-Energy | 93 |
| Spot-Valance | 34 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 90+ |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 30-39 |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Genre 2 | Singer/Songwriter |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Piano Rock |
| Style 2 | Pop Rock |
| Style 3 | Jazz Rock |