by OntiqoTaurus by Spirit and Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 12%, unrelated.
| Harmony | 45% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 26% |
| Sound | 68% |
| Rhythm | 22% |
These tracks have no more in common than unrelated songs usually do.
| Taurus | Stairway to Heaven | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Spirit | Led Zeppelin |
| Key | E Minor | A Minor |
| Tempo | 138 BPM | 172 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 0:26–0:57 | 5:35–6:00 |
Track B moved down 5 semitones (A Minor to E Minor)
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is alike in style, as songs of the same genre often are, though not the closeness of another version (distance 1.67; 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).
Why this pair
This is a pair from a dispute where no infringement was found. Public background: opening descending arpeggio / chord progression; Jury for Zeppelin 2016; en banc 9th Cir. affirmed 2020 (Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin). Sonalize's scores are measurements, not a view on any dispute.
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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