Quimbara by Celia Cruz
Quimbara by Celia Cruz runs at 125 BPM in the key of E minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 125 BPM
- Key
- E minor
- Length
- 4:53
- Genre
- afrobeats
- Mood
- triumphant
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A triumphant afrobeats track with explosive energy and a syncopated feel at 125 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under hand percussion with a tight and dry snare and sizzling cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A trumpet leads, building through repetition. Analog hiss adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the lead. Mixed in a dense and compressed style, foregrounding rhythmic drive 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
- 125
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- afrobeats
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Lead instrument
- a trumpet
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- dense and compressed
- Mood
- triumphant
- Percussion
- hand percussion
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- rhythmic drive
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a wide stereo chorus
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- 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 Celia Cruz. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.