The Old Rugged Cross by Tennessee Ernie Ford Song Details

Tennessee Ernie Ford's 'The Old Rugged Cross' had a release date set for September 21, 2010. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:39. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Old Rugged Cross's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Greatest Classics" album is number 29 out of 49. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The Old Rugged Cross is unknown right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Old Rugged Cross by Tennessee Ernie Ford to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 81 BPM, a half-time of 40BPM, and a double-time of 162 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B♭ Major. This also means that 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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