The Old Rugged Cross by Jim Nabors Song Details

"The Old Rugged Cross" by Jim Nabors had its release date on October 2, 1968. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:07. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "The Lord's Prayer". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The Old Rugged Cross is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With The Old Rugged Cross by Jim Nabors having a BPM of 71 with a half-time of 36 BPM and a double-time of 142 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Adagio (slowly with great expression) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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