How Blue Can You Get? by B.B. King
How Blue Can You Get? by B.B. King runs at 67 BPM in the key of D major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 67 BPM
- Key
- D major
- Length
- 5:12
- Genre
- blues
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A wistful blues track with high energy and a swung feel at 67 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Tape saturation adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, 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
- 67
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- blues
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- wistful
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- tape saturation
- Vocal style
- restrained and conversational
- Vocal
- a warm male 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 B.B. King. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.