Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell runs at 87 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
- 87 BPM
- Key
- E major
- Length
- 2:15
- Genre
- folk
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A tender folk track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 87 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and tight closed hats. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, 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
- 87
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- tight closed hats
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- folk
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- 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 Joni Mitchell. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.