River by Joni Mitchell
River by Joni Mitchell runs at 105 BPM in the key of G major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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Measured
- Tempo
- 105 BPM
- Key
- G major
- Length
- 4:05
- Genre
- folk
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Suno prompt
A tender folk track blending folk with driving energy and a syncopated feel at 105 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, swelling and cinematic. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A grand piano leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on simple triad 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
- 105
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- folk
- Second genre
- folk
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- swelling and cinematic
- Lead instrument
- a grand piano
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a wide stereo chorus
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- 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 Joni Mitchell. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.