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When You Believe by Whitney Houston

When You Believe by Whitney Houston runs at 125 BPM in the key of B major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
125 BPM
Key
B major
Length
4:33
Genre
gospel
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A tender gospel track blending R&B with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 125 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and shimmering open hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance, joined by a full-voiced female vocal layered in close harmony. Analog hiss adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on lush ninth and eleventh chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
125
Chords
lush ninth and eleventh
Cymbals
shimmering open hats
Energy
high
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
gospel
Second genre
R&B
Harmonic instrument
warm analog pads
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
clean and spacious
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
clap-layered
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
analog hiss
Vocal style
smooth and melismatic
Second vocal style
layered in close harmony
Vocal
a full-voiced female vocal
Second vocal
a full-voiced female vocal

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 Whitney Houston. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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