Dagger by Slowdive
Dagger by Slowdive runs at 73 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
- 73 BPM
- Key
- G# minor
- Length
- 3:38
- Genre
- shoegaze
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A tender shoegaze track blending folk with driving energy and a broken-beat feel at 73 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. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on suspended 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
- 73
- Chords
- suspended
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- shoegaze
- Second genre
- folk
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- 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
- Vocal style
- restrained and conversational
- Vocal
- a warm male 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 Slowdive. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.