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My Favorite Things by John Coltrane

My Favorite Things by John Coltrane runs at 88 BPM in the key of E major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
88 BPM
Key
E major
Length
13:44
Genre
jazz
Mood
wistful
Vocals
Instrumental

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The prompt

A wistful jazz track with driving energy and a swung feel at 88 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing walking, under a brushed jazz kit with a rimshot-forward snare and a ride-driven pattern. Grand piano carries the harmony, block chords. The arrangement follows AABA. A saxophone leads, improvising over the changes. Field-recording ambience 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 modal chords, leaving a nostalgic and hazy atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
upright bass
Bassline style
walking
Tempo
88
Chords
modal
Cymbals
a ride-driven pattern
Energy
driving
Atmosphere
nostalgic and hazy
Genre
jazz
Harmonic instrument
grand piano
Harmonic style
block chords
Lead instrument
a saxophone
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
field-recording ambience

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 John Coltrane. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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