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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack and Prélude by Alexandra Stréliski: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 5%, unrelated.

5%Unrelated
Harmony45%
Melody25%
Sound2%
Rhythm34%

These tracks have no more in common than unrelated songs usually do.

The First Time Ever I Saw Your FacePrélude
ArtistRoberta FlackAlexandra Stréliski
KeyC MajorE Major
Tempo126 BPM88 BPM
Most alike passage4:03–4:120:31–0:40

Track B moved down 4 semitones (E Major to C Major)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 2.66; other versions of a song in these comparisons have a median of 0.31, different songs that sound alike 1.27, random pairs 2.95).

How this was measured

Compared from the full recordings; Sonalize's fingerprint lookup confirmed both songs. The same engine runs in the Sonalize app on your own device. A score measures how alike two recordings are; it isn't a finding about copying, legal advice, or a rights clearance.

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