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.
Analysis facts
- 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 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 Howlin' Wolf. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.