Triste by João Gilberto
Triste by João Gilberto runs at 154 BPM in the key of E major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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Measured
- Tempo
- 154 BPM
- Key
- E major
- Length
- 4:19
- Genre
- jazz
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A tender jazz track blending afrobeats with high energy and a syncopated feel at 154 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a rimshot-forward snare and shimmering open hats. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Subtle bitcrush 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
- 154
- Chords
- lush ninth and eleventh
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- jazz
- Second genre
- afrobeats
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- rimshot-forward
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- restrained and conversational
- Vocal
- a warm male 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 João Gilberto. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.