Road by Nick Drake
Road by Nick Drake runs at 75 BPM in the key of G major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 75 BPM
- Key
- G major
- Length
- 1:59
- Genre
- folk
- Mood
- serene
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A serene folk track blending folk with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 75 BPM. The low end is fretless bass playing root-note anchored, under hand percussion with a rimshot-forward snare and sizzling cymbals. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A plucked acoustic guitar leads, carrying the melody in long phrases. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- fretless bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 75
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- folk
- Second genre
- folk
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- a plucked acoustic guitar
- Lead style
- carrying the melody in long phrases
- 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 dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
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 Nick Drake. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.