Lucille by B.B. King
Lucille by B.B. King runs at 76 BPM in the key of D# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 76 BPM
- Key
- D# major
- Length
- 10:17
- Genre
- blues
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A wistful blues track blending blues with high energy and a swung feel at 76 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, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A gritty male vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Field-recording ambience 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 calm and settled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 76
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- blues
- Second 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
- rimshot-forward
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- field-recording ambience
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a gritty 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.