Swing Low by Harry Belafonte Song Details

"Swing Low" by Harry Belafonte had its release date on December 31, 1959. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:59, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The track order of this song in Harry Belafonte's "My Lord What A Mornin'" album is number 9 out of 16. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Swing Low 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

We consider the tempo marking of Swing Low by Harry Belafonte to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 79 BPM, a half-time of 40BPM, and a double-time of 158 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 5/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of F♯ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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