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In the Upper Room by Mahalia Jackson

In the Upper Room by Mahalia Jackson runs at 107 BPM in the key of F major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
107 BPM
Key
F major
Length
7:10
Genre
gospel
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A tender gospel track blending soul with high energy and a swung feel at 107 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, block chords. The arrangement follows verse-chorus. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus 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 tense and coiled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
107
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
gospel
Second genre
soul
Harmonic instrument
grand piano
Harmonic style
block chords
Mixing style
clean and spacious
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a wide stereo chorus
Structure
verse-chorus
Textural detail
analog hiss
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 Mahalia Jackson. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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