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' Cello Song by Nick Drake

' Cello Song by Nick Drake runs at 118 BPM in the key of A# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
118 BPM
Key
A# major
Length
4:45
Genre
folk
Mood
serene
Vocals
Instrumental

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The prompt

A serene folk track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 118 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under hand percussion with a rimshot-forward snare and sparse dark cymbals. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A plucked acoustic guitar leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on extended seventh chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
upright bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
118
Chords
extended seventh
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
folk
Harmonic instrument
acoustic guitar
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Lead instrument
a plucked acoustic guitar
Lead style
building through repetition
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
serene
Percussion
hand percussion
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
rimshot-forward
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush

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 Nick Drake. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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