Nongqongqo by Miriam Makeba
Nongqongqo by Miriam Makeba runs at 56 BPM in the key of G# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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Measured
- Tempo
- 56 BPM
- Key
- G# minor
- Length
- 2:18
- Genre
- folk
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A tender folk track blending gospel with steady energy and a broken-beat feel at 56 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance, joined by a choral group vocal answering in call-and-response. 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
- upright bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 56
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- steady
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- folk
- Second genre
- gospel
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- 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 wide stereo chorus
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Second vocal style
- answering in call-and-response
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
- Second vocal
- a choral group 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 Miriam Makeba. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.