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On Green Dolphin Street by Miles Davis

On Green Dolphin Street by Miles Davis runs at 81 BPM in the key of D# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
81 BPM
Key
D# major
Length
9:49
Genre
jazz
Mood
wistful
Vocals
Instrumental

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The prompt

A wistful jazz track with high energy and a swung feel at 81 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing walking, under a brushed jazz kit with a rimshot-forward snare and a ride-driven pattern. Grand piano carries the harmony, block chords. The arrangement follows AABA. A trumpet leads, improvising over the changes. Tape saturation adds texture, with a slapback delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
upright bass
Bassline style
walking
Tempo
81
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
a ride-driven pattern
Energy
high
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
jazz
Harmonic instrument
grand piano
Harmonic style
block chords
Lead instrument
a trumpet
Lead style
improvising over the changes
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
wistful
Percussion
a brushed jazz kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
rimshot-forward
Sonic focus
melodic lead
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
AABA
Textural detail
tape saturation

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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 Miles Davis. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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