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MIDI PIANO VISUALIZER
We Didn't Start the Fire
by Billy Joel
“We Didn't Start the Fire” by Billy Joel on an interactive falling-notes piano: 4:27, 200 BPM, 5,822 notes from C1 to G6. Slow it down, solo a track and play along.
Open in the Piano VisualizerThe visualizer opens with this song loaded.
About this piece
Everything below is counted from the piece’s MIDI file.
- Length
- 4:27
- Tempo
- 200 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Notes
- 5,822
- Drum hits
- 3,726
- Range
- C1 – G6 (5.6 octaves)
- Most-played notes
- D, G, E
- Notes per second
- 22.3
- Most notes at once
- 13
- Instruments
- Drums, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Reeds & saxophone, Synth pad, Ensemble & choir
How to practise it in the visualizer
- Slow it down first: start at 120 BPM, about 60% of the original 200, and speed up as the notes become familiar.
- Solo the “Piano” track to hear one part at a time, then bring the others back in.
- Up to 13 notes sound together here: pause on the fullest chords and find their keys before playing on.
- The notes spread over 5.6 octaves, from C1 to G6: keep an eye on both ends of the keyboard.
- Each falling bar lands on the key to press; its length is how long to hold the note.