Three Hours by Nick Drake
Three Hours by Nick Drake runs at 120 BPM in the key of D major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Key
- D major
- Length
- 6:13
- 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 120 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 loop-based with dynamic drops. An electric 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 simple triad 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
- 120
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- folk
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- an electric 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
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- 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.