Introduction
"Metallica The Shortest Straw" is a MIDI music piece in Pop Music style, played by an ensemble of 16 instruments including Electric Bass (pick), Overdriven Guitar, Acoustic Grand Piano, Lead 2 (sawtooth), Lead 1 (square), and Acoustic Bass Drum.
The total duration of this midi music is 5 minutes and 35 seconds, with a total of 9,844 notes, divided into 15 tracks, and a single tempo of 167bpm.
The key signature marked in the MIDI file is G major, marked beats are 1/4、4/4、7/8、2/4、3/4.
Some MIDI events such as pitch wheel, Channel Volume Control, Modulation Wheel are used, to enhance the quality.
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Standard Midi File Properties
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Standard
GM1 -
File format
MIDI TYPE 1 -
File size
90.81 KB -
Duration
05:35 -
BPM
167 -
Tracks
6
Channels and Instruments
Used 7 channels, 5 instruments, 11 percussion instruments
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Lead 2 (sawtooth)
411 notes/chords，avg. pitch E5
Program ID: 81, Track: 1time: 00:55 - 05:18
pitch: B4 - G5
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Lead 1 (square)
30 notes/chords，avg. pitch E5
Program ID: 80, Track: 2time: 01:46 - 04:11
pitch: E5 - E5
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Acoustic Grand Piano
457 notes/chords，avg. pitch F#4
Program ID: 0, Track: 4time: 03:13 - 05:33
pitch: E2 - D6
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Overdriven Guitar
1,604 notes/chords，avg. pitch B2
Program ID: 29, Track: 3time: 00:00 - 05:35
pitch: E2 - A4
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Electric Bass (pick)
1,867 notes/chords，avg. pitch F#1
Program ID: 34, Track: 5time: 00:00 - 05:35
pitch: E1 - F2
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Overdriven Guitar
12 notes/chords，avg. pitch G5
Program ID: 29, Track: 4time: 03:34 - 04:23
pitch: C#5 - E6
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percussion instruments
Acoustic Bass Drum Bass Drum 1 Acoustic Snare Closed Hi-Hat High Floor Tom Low Tom Low Mid Tom High Mid Tom High Tom Chinese Cymbal Crash Cymbal 2
Tracks
15 tracks are used, 6 tracks have notes
| # | Name | Channel(s) | Instrument(s) |
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| 1 | Vocals | 1 | Lead 2 (sawtooth) |
| 2 | Back Vocals | 2 | Lead 1 (square) |
| 3 | Guitar 1 | 4 | Overdriven Guitar |
| 4 | Guitar Solo | 3, 9 | Acoustic Grand PianoOverdriven Guitar |
| 5 | Bass | 5 | Electric Bass (pick) |
| 6 | Drums | 10 | Acoustic Bass DrumBass Drum 1Acoustic SnareClosed Hi-HatHigh Floor TomLow TomLow Mid TomHigh Mid TomHigh TomChinese CymbalCrash Cymbal 2 |
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| 8 | The Shortest Straw | ||
| 9 | by Metallica | ||
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| 11 | Transcribed by | ||
| 12 | King Diamond | ||
| 13 | Updated by RazTor | ||
| 14 | http://home7.inet.tele.dk/cns/midiplanet/ |
