Blue Train by John Coltrane
Blue Train by John Coltrane runs at 67 BPM in the key of D# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Measured
- Tempo
- 67 BPM
- Key
- D# major
- Length
- 10:44
- Genre
- jazz
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Suno prompt
A wistful jazz track with high energy and a swung feel at 67 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing walking, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and a ride-driven pattern. Grand piano carries the harmony, block chords. The arrangement follows AABA. A saxophone leads, improvising over the changes. Tape saturation adds texture, with a slapback delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead 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
- walking
- Tempo
- 67
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- a ride-driven pattern
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- jazz
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- block chords
- Lead instrument
- a saxophone
- Lead style
- improvising over the changes
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- wistful
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- AABA
- Textural detail
- tape saturation
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 John Coltrane. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.