So What by Miles Davis
So What by Miles Davis runs at 136 BPM in the key of D minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Measured
- Tempo
- 136 BPM
- Key
- D minor
- Length
- 9:23
- Genre
- jazz
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Suno prompt
A wistful jazz track with driving energy and a swung feel at 136 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing walking, under a brushed jazz kit with a brushed snare and a ride-driven pattern. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows AABA. A grand piano leads, trading short motifs. Tape saturation adds texture, with a slapback delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and low-end weight, built on modal chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- upright bass
- Bassline style
- walking
- Tempo
- 136
- Chords
- modal
- Cymbals
- a ride-driven pattern
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- jazz
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- a grand piano
- Lead style
- trading short motifs
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- wistful
- Percussion
- a brushed jazz kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- AABA
- Textural detail
- tape saturation
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 Miles Davis. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.