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.
Analysis facts
- 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 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.