Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin runs at 98 BPM in the key of A minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 98 BPM
- Key
- A minor
- Length
- 8:03
- Genre
- hard rock
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A tender hard rock track blending folk with driving energy and a swung feel at 98 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a rimshot-forward snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows a slow linear build. A warm male vocal delivers a soaring and sustained performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding vocal clarity and melodic lead, 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
- 98
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- hard rock
- Second genre
- folk
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- rimshot-forward
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- melodic lead
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- a slow linear build
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- 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 Led Zeppelin. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.