Naima by John Coltrane
Naima by John Coltrane runs at 85 BPM in the key of D# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 85 BPM
- Key
- D# major
- Length
- 4:18
- Genre
- jazz
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A wistful jazz track with steady energy and a swung feel at 85 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under a brushed jazz kit with a rimshot-forward snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows AABA. A saxophone leads, carrying the melody in long phrases. Tape saturation adds texture, with a slapback delay on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on simple triad chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- upright bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 85
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- steady
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- jazz
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- a saxophone
- Lead style
- carrying the melody in long phrases
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- wistful
- Percussion
- a brushed jazz kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- rimshot-forward
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- 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 John Coltrane. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.