Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock
Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock runs at 73 BPM in the key of F minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 73 BPM
- Key
- F minor
- Length
- 6:29
- Genre
- funk
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A wistful funk track with explosive energy and a swung feel at 73 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A saxophone leads, improvising over the changes. Analog hiss adds texture, with a slapback delay on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding melodic lead and low-end weight, 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
- 73
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- funk
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- a saxophone
- Lead style
- improvising over the changes
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- wistful
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- 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.