Ever Changing Times by Aretha Franklin
Ever Changing Times by Aretha Franklin runs at 140 BPM in the key of G# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 140 BPM
- Key
- G# major
- Length
- 4:55
- Genre
- jazz
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A tender jazz track blending soul with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 140 BPM. The low end is 808 bass playing root-note anchored, under hand percussion 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. Analog hiss adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, built on lush ninth and eleventh chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- 808 bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 140
- Chords
- lush ninth and eleventh
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- jazz
- Second genre
- soul
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- hand percussion
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- vocal clarity
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus with a bridge
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes. This page does not reproduce its lyrics. This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Aretha Franklin. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.