By This River by Brian Eno
By This River by Brian Eno runs at 133 BPM in the key of G minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 133 BPM
- Key
- G minor
- Length
- 3:03
- Genre
- ambient
- Mood
- serene
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A serene ambient track with steady energy and a half-time feel at 133 BPM. The low end is fretless bass playing root-note anchored, under a brushed jazz kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, swelling and cinematic. The arrangement follows loop-based with dynamic drops. A grand piano leads, carrying the melody in long phrases. Analog hiss adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on lush ninth and eleventh chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- fretless bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 133
- Chords
- lush ninth and eleventh
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- steady
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- ambient
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- swelling and cinematic
- Lead instrument
- a grand piano
- Lead style
- carrying the melody in long phrases
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- serene
- Percussion
- a brushed jazz kit
- Rhythmic style
- half-time
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a wide stereo chorus
- Structure
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
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 Brian Eno. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.