Ishmael by Abdullah Ibrahim Song Details

Abdullah Ibrahim's ' "Ishmael" was released on its scheduled release date, 1987. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:17, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 6 in the song's album "The Enja Heritage Collection: Banyana". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Ishmael is below average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Ishmael by Abdullah Ibrahim having a BPM of 85 with a half-time of 42 BPM and a double-time of 170 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F 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 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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