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Girl from the North Country by Bob Dylan

Girl from the North Country by Bob Dylan runs at 120 BPM in the key of G major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
120 BPM
Key
G major
Length
3:40
Genre
folk
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A tender folk track with steady energy and a swung feel at 120 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked, with harmonica. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, 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
120
Chords
simple triad
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
steady
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
folk
Harmonic instrument
acoustic guitar
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Secondary instrument
harmonica
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush
Vocal style
restrained and conversational
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 Bob Dylan. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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