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Carey by Joni Mitchell

Carey by Joni Mitchell runs at 154 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
154 BPM
Key
C# major
Length
3:03
Genre
folk
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A tender folk track with high energy and a swung feel at 154 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. 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
154
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
washy crash-led cymbals
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
swung
Snare
brushed
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
verse-chorus with a bridge
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush
Vocal style
smooth and melismatic
Vocal
a full-voiced female vocal

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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.

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