The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson
The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson runs at 140 BPM in the key of A major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 140 BPM
- Key
- A major
- Length
- 9:46
- Genre
- hard rock
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A tender hard rock track with high energy and a half-time feel at 140 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a soaring and sustained performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 140
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- hard rock
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- half-time
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- vocal clarity
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- soaring and sustained
- Vocal
- a warm 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 King Crimson. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.