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Goin' Down Slow by Howlin' Wolf

Goin' Down Slow by Howlin' Wolf runs at 82 BPM in the key of A major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
82 BPM
Key
A major
Length
4:02
Genre
blues
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A tender blues track with driving energy and a swung feel at 82 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A gritty male vocal delivers a raw and unpolished performance. Field-recording ambience adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity 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
82
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
driving
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
blues
Harmonic instrument
grand piano
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
field-recording ambience
Vocal style
raw and unpolished
Vocal
a gritty 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 Howlin' Wolf. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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