Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba
Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba runs at 125 BPM in the key of D# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 125 BPM
- Key
- D# major
- Length
- 3:00
- Genre
- soul
- Mood
- restless
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A restless soul track blending afrobeats with explosive energy and a syncopated feel at 125 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a rhythmic and percussive performance. Field-recording ambience adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding vocal clarity 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
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 125
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- soul
- Second genre
- afrobeats
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- restless
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- field-recording ambience
- Vocal style
- rhythmic and percussive
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female 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 Miriam Makeba. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.