Burning Down the House

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Introduction

A song which was not a hit outside of North America.

"Burning Down the House" is a MIDI music piece in Pop Music style, played by an ensemble of 23 instruments including Acoustic Guitar (steel), Synth Bass 2, Harpsichord, Electric Guitar (clean), Clavi, Viola, and Celesta.

The total duration of this midi music is 4 minutes and 11 seconds, with a total of 7,301 notes, Stored in a TYPE 0 format file which has only one track, and a single tempo of 101bpm.

This MIDI file uses the GS standard, which is Roland General Standard.

the marked beat is 4/4.

Some MIDI events such as pitch wheel, Channel Volume Control, Pan, Bank Select, Modulation Wheel are used, to enhance the quality.

Composer:	Talking Heads
Copyright:	(C)1993 Roland Corporation
Ratings:	5.0 (1 ratings)

Pop Music

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Standard Midi File Properties

Standard
GS
File format
MIDI TYPE 0
File size
70.36 KB
Duration
04:11
BPM
101
Tracks
1
Burning Down the House.mid MIDI download

Channels and Instruments

Used 16 channels, 12 instruments, 11 percussion instruments

1

Harpsichord

524 notes/chords，avg. pitch G2

Program ID: 6, Track: 0

time: 00:45 - 04:09

pitch: D1 - A#4
2

Synth Bass 2

1,024 notes/chords，avg. pitch F#2

Program ID: 39, Track: 0

time: 00:26 - 04:09

pitch: F2 - A2
3

Clavi

296 notes/chords，avg. pitch A1

Program ID: 7, Track: 0

time: 01:04 - 02:58

pitch: F1 - G2
4

Viola

268 notes/chords，avg. pitch F#4

Program ID: 41, Track: 0

time: 00:26 - 02:58

pitch: G3 - A#4
5

Choir Aahs

50 notes/chords，avg. pitch C4

Program ID: 52, Track: 0

time: 00:24 - 02:58

pitch: G2 - A#5
6

Syn Brass 1

18 notes/chords，avg. pitch E4

Program ID: 62, Track: 0

time: 01:08 - 04:05

pitch: A#3 - A#4
7

Harpsichord

153 notes/chords，avg. pitch G2

Program ID: 6, Track: 0

time: 01:23 - 02:39

pitch: F1 - C#5
8

Lead 2 (sawtooth)

32 notes/chords，avg. pitch E3

Program ID: 81, Track: 0

time: 02:01 - 02:21

pitch: F1 - C#5
9

Electric Guitar (clean)

408 notes/chords，avg. pitch G4

Program ID: 27, Track: 0

time: 00:26 - 02:37

pitch: C4 - C#5
11

Celesta

132 notes/chords，avg. pitch B2

Program ID: 8, Track: 0

time: 00:24 - 04:07

pitch: G2 - D3
12

Pad 5 (bowed)

50 notes/chords，avg. pitch D5

Program ID: 92, Track: 0

time: 02:58 - 04:03

pitch: F4 - G6
13

Harpsichord

12 notes/chords，avg. pitch B2

Program ID: 6, Track: 0

time: 02:05 - 02:09

pitch: D1 - G4
14

Acoustic Guitar (steel)

128 notes/chords，avg. pitch E3

Program ID: 25, Track: 0

time: 00:07 - 00:26

pitch: D3 - C4
15

Electric Piano 1

6 notes/chords，avg. pitch A4

Program ID: 4, Track: 0

time: 00:15 - 00:22

pitch: F4 - D5
16

Acoustic Guitar (steel)

1,169 notes/chords，avg. pitch C4

Program ID: 25, Track: 0

time: 00:26 - 04:09

pitch: C3 - A4
10

percussion instruments

Bass Drum 1 Acoustic Snare Low Floor Tom Closed Hi-Hat High Floor Tom Pedal Hi-Hat Low Tom Open Hi-Hat Low Mid Tom High Mid Tom High Tom

Tracks

only 1 track is used, 1 track has notes

#	Name	Channel(s)	Instrument(s)
0	Burning Down the House	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16	HarpsichordSynth Bass 2ClaviViolaChoir AahsSyn Brass 1Lead 2 (sawtooth)Electric Guitar (clean)CelestaPad 5 (bowed)Acoustic Guitar (steel)Electric Piano 1 Bass Drum 1Acoustic SnareLow Floor TomClosed Hi-HatHigh Floor TomPedal Hi-HatLow TomOpen Hi-HatLow Mid TomHigh Mid TomHigh Tom