A Rose Is Still a Rose by Aretha Franklin
A Rose Is Still a Rose by Aretha Franklin runs at 88 BPM in the key of G# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 88 BPM
- Key
- G# minor
- Length
- 4:27
- Genre
- R&B
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A brooding R&B track with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 88 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and sizzling cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Vinyl crackle adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and harmonic warmth, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 88
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- R&B
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- harmonic warmth
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus with a bridge
- Textural detail
- vinyl crackle
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
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Planetary Records is not affiliated with Aretha Franklin. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording. The audio here is a separate track based on the style prompt.