Hurt by Johnny Cash
Hurt by Johnny Cash runs at 91 BPM in the key of G major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 91 BPM
- Key
- G major
- Length
- 3:37
- Genre
- country
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A tender country track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 91 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. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A gritty male vocal delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with an intimate dry space on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on simple triad 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
- 91
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- country
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- an intimate dry space
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- restrained and conversational
- 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 Johnny Cash. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.