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Really Love by D'Angelo

Really Love by D'Angelo runs at 79 BPM in the key of E minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
79 BPM
Key
E minor
Length
5:44
Genre
soul
Mood
brooding
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A brooding soul track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 79 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A warm male vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Analog hiss 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 chromatic and shifting 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
79
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
soul
Harmonic instrument
grand piano
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
brooding
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
brushed
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
verse-chorus with a bridge
Textural detail
analog hiss
Vocal style
smooth and melismatic
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 D'Angelo. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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