Variations for Vibes, Pianos, and Strings: I. Fast by Steve Reich
Variations for Vibes, Pianos, and Strings: I. Fast by Steve Reich runs at 88 BPM in the key of D minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 88 BPM
- Key
- D minor
- Length
- 11:35
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Mood
- triumphant
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A triumphant cinematic orchestral track with driving energy and a half-time feel at 88 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under minimal electronic percussion with a clap-layered snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, swelling and cinematic. The arrangement follows a slow linear build. A grand piano leads, building through repetition. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding melodic lead and rhythmic drive, built on modal chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- upright bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 88
- Chords
- modal
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- swelling and cinematic
- Lead instrument
- a grand piano
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- triumphant
- Percussion
- minimal electronic percussion
- Rhythmic style
- half-time
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- rhythmic drive
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- a slow linear build
- 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 Steve Reich. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.