Silent Night, Holy Night by Mahalia Jackson
Silent Night, Holy Night by Mahalia Jackson runs at 62 BPM in the key of D# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 62 BPM
- Key
- D# major
- Length
- 5:05
- Genre
- gospel
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A tender gospel track blending cinematic orchestral with steady energy and a broken-beat feel at 62 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, swelling and cinematic, with flute. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance, joined by a choral group vocal layered in close harmony. Analog hiss adds texture, with a short room reverb on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on modal chords, leaving a stark and cold atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- upright bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 62
- Chords
- modal
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- steady
- Atmosphere
- stark and cold
- Genre
- gospel
- Second genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- swelling and cinematic
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Secondary instrument
- flute
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a short room reverb
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Second vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
- Second vocal
- a choral group 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 Mahalia Jackson. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.