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Worry, Worry, Worry by B.B. King

Worry, Worry, Worry by B.B. King runs at 71 BPM in the key of G# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
71 BPM
Key
G# major
Length
9:53
Genre
blues
Mood
wistful
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A wistful blues track with driving energy and a swung feel at 71 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. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A gritty male vocal delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Analog hiss 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
71
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
washy crash-led cymbals
Energy
driving
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
blues
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
wistful
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
analog hiss
Vocal style
restrained and conversational
Vocal
a gritty 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.

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