Speak Like A Child by Herbie Hancock
Speak Like A Child by Herbie Hancock runs at 122 BPM in the key of E major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 122 BPM
- Key
- E major
- Length
- 7:51
- Genre
- jazz
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A wistful jazz track with high energy and a swung feel at 122 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing walking, under a brushed jazz kit with a rimshot-forward snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, block chords. The arrangement follows AABA. A grand piano leads, improvising over the changes. Tape saturation adds texture, with a slapback delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and harmonic warmth, built on simple triad chords, leaving a nostalgic and hazy atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- upright bass
- Bassline style
- walking
- Tempo
- 122
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- nostalgic and hazy
- Genre
- jazz
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- block chords
- Lead instrument
- a grand piano
- Lead style
- improvising over the changes
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- wistful
- Percussion
- a brushed jazz kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- rimshot-forward
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- harmonic warmth
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- AABA
- Textural detail
- tape saturation
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 Herbie Hancock. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.