African Drum Suite - Part 1 by Archie Shepp Song Details

Archie Shepp's ' "African Drum Suite - Part 1" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1972. With This song being less than a minute long, we are pretty confident that this song does not contain any foul language. That being said, this song is pretty short compared to other songs. There are a total of 8 in the song's album "The Cry Of My People". In this album, this song's track order is #6. In terms of popularity, African Drum Suite - Part 1 is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With African Drum Suite - Part 1 by Archie Shepp having a BPM of 101 with a half-time of 50 BPM and a double-time of 202 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 1/4.

Music Key

A♭ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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