2x5: I. Fast by Steve Reich
2x5: I. Fast by Steve Reich runs at 171 BPM in the key of D major. 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
- 171 BPM
- Key
- D major
- Length
- 10:12
- Genre
- post-rock
- Mood
- triumphant
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Suno prompt
A triumphant post-rock track with driving energy and a loping feel at 171 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a rimshot-forward snare and a ride-driven pattern. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows loop-based with dynamic drops. An electric guitar leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting 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
- 171
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- a ride-driven pattern
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- post-rock
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- an electric guitar
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- triumphant
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- loping
- Snare
- rimshot-forward
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- 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 Steve Reich. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.