Welela by Miriam Makeba
Welela by Miriam Makeba runs at 87 BPM in the key of C major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 87 BPM
- Key
- C major
- Length
- 4:17
- Genre
- folk
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A tender folk track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 87 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under hand percussion with a clap-layered snare and shimmering open hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A lead synth leads, carrying the melody in long phrases. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding melodic lead and low-end weight, built on lush ninth and eleventh 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
- 87
- Chords
- lush ninth and eleventh
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- folk
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- a lead synth
- Lead style
- carrying the melody in long phrases
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- hand percussion
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
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 Miriam Makeba. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.