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El ward gamil by Umm Kulthum

El ward gamil by Umm Kulthum runs at 146 BPM in the key of G# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
146 BPM
Key
G# minor
Length
4:47
Genre
orchestral pop
Mood
wistful
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A wistful orchestral pop track blending cinematic orchestral with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 146 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under hand percussion with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. String section carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance, joined by an airy male falsetto answering in call-and-response. Tape saturation adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting 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
146
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
orchestral pop
Second genre
cinematic orchestral
Harmonic instrument
string section
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
wistful
Percussion
hand percussion
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a dub-style tape delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
tape saturation
Vocal style
smooth and melismatic
Second vocal style
answering in call-and-response
Vocal
a full-voiced female vocal
Second vocal
an airy male falsetto

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 Umm Kulthum. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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