The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King
The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King runs at 77 BPM in the key of B minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 77 BPM
- Key
- B minor
- Length
- 11:06
- Genre
- blues
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A tender blues track with high energy and a swung feel at 77 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and washy crash-led cymbals. String section carries the harmony, sustained and washy. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. An electric guitar leads, improvising over the changes. Tape saturation adds texture, with a short room reverb on the lead. Mixed in a warm and analog style, foregrounding melodic lead and low-end weight, built on extended seventh 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
- 77
- Chords
- extended seventh
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- blues
- Harmonic instrument
- string section
- Harmonic style
- sustained and washy
- Lead instrument
- an electric guitar
- Lead style
- improvising over the changes
- Mixing style
- warm and analog
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a short room reverb
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- tape saturation
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.