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.
Measured
- 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 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 Mahalia Jackson. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.