A Rose Is Still a Rose by Aretha Franklin
A Rose Is Still a Rose by Aretha Franklin runs at 88 BPM in the key of G# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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Measured
- Tempo
- 88 BPM
- Key
- G# minor
- Length
- 4:27
- Genre
- R&B
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A brooding R&B track with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 88 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and sizzling cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Vinyl crackle adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and harmonic warmth, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 88
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- R&B
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- harmonic warmth
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus with a bridge
- Textural detail
- vinyl crackle
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- 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.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Aretha Franklin. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording. The only audio hosted here is our own Suno rendering of that prompt.