Butterfly by Herbie Hancock
Butterfly by Herbie Hancock runs at 120 BPM in the key of F major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Key
- F major
- Length
- 11:17
- Genre
- funk
- Mood
- triumphant
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A triumphant funk track blending jazz with high 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 rimshot-forward snare and a ride-driven pattern. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows loop-based with dynamic drops. A grand piano leads, improvising over the changes. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead 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
- 120
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- a ride-driven pattern
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- funk
- Second genre
- jazz
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- a grand piano
- Lead style
- improvising over the changes
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- triumphant
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- rimshot-forward
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
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 Herbie Hancock. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.