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Green Eyes by Erykah Badu

Green Eyes by Erykah Badu runs at 125 BPM in the key of C# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
125 BPM
Key
C# major
Length
10:05
Genre
soul
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A tender soul track blending jazz 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 tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. 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 clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on chromatic and shifting 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
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
soul
Second genre
jazz
Harmonic instrument
grand piano
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
clean and spacious
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
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 Erykah Badu. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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