Tears by Frankie Knuckles
Tears by Frankie Knuckles runs at 125 BPM in the key of G major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 125 BPM
- Key
- G major
- Length
- 8:05
- Genre
- house
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A brooding house track with explosive energy and a straight four-on-the-floor feel at 125 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a brushed snare and tight closed hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a soaring and sustained performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding rhythmic drive and vocal clarity, 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
- tight closed hats
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- house
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- straight four-on-the-floor
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- rhythmic drive
- Secondary focus
- vocal clarity
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- soaring and sustained
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes. This page does not reproduce its lyrics. This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Frankie Knuckles. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.