Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash runs at 103 BPM in the key of A# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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Measured
- Tempo
- 103 BPM
- Key
- A# minor
- Length
- 2:47
- Genre
- country
- Mood
- triumphant
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Suno prompt
A triumphant country track blending blues with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 103 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a rimshot-forward snare and sizzling cymbals. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows loop-based with dynamic drops. An electric guitar leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding percussive detail and melodic lead, built on simple triad chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- upright bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 103
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- country
- Second genre
- blues
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- an electric guitar
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- triumphant
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- rimshot-forward
- Sonic focus
- percussive detail
- Secondary focus
- melodic lead
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
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 Johnny Cash. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.