John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man (with Doc Watson) by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson Song Details

On May 14, 1967, the song "John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man (with Doc Watson)" was released by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:14. This song does not appear to have any foul language. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man (with Doc Watson)'s duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Strictly Instrumental (with Doc Watson)". In this album, this song's track order is #7. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man (with Doc Watson)'s popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man (with Doc Watson) by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson having a BPM of 135 with a half-time of 68 BPM and a double-time of 270 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity: 13%
Loudness: -11.875 dB
Acousticness: 10%
Danceability: 41%
Energy: 66%
Instrumentalness: 96%
Liveness: 37%
Loudness: 80%
Speechiness: 3%
Valence: 97%

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