Blues Man by B.B. King
Blues Man by B.B. King runs at 97 BPM in the key of G# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 97 BPM
- Key
- G# major
- Length
- 5:19
- Genre
- blues
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A wistful blues track with high energy and a swung feel at 97 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a rimshot-forward snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a dense and compressed style, foregrounding vocal clarity and melodic lead, built on simple triad chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 97
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- blues
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- dense and compressed
- Mood
- wistful
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- rimshot-forward
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- melodic lead
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. The measurements and classifications are automated estimates, so use them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with B.B. King. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording. The only audio hosted here is an AI generation of that prompt, not the recording it describes.