Piano Counterpoint by Steve Reich
Piano Counterpoint by Steve Reich runs at 200 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
- 200 BPM
- Key
- D major
- Length
- 13:43
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Mood
- euphoric
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Suno prompt
A euphoric cinematic orchestral track with driving energy and a half-time feel at 200 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under a brushed jazz kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, swelling and cinematic. The arrangement follows a slow linear build. A grand piano leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a short room reverb on the lead. Mixed in a open and dynamic style, foregrounding melodic lead and percussive detail, built on modal 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
- 200
- Chords
- modal
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- swelling and cinematic
- Lead instrument
- a grand piano
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- open and dynamic
- Mood
- euphoric
- Percussion
- a brushed jazz kit
- Rhythmic style
- half-time
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- percussive detail
- Space
- a short room reverb
- Structure
- a slow linear build
- 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.