The Water Is Wide by Paul McCandless Song Details

"The Water Is Wide" by Paul McCandless had its release date on December 29, 2000. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:02, 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. This song is part of Windham Hill America by Various Artists. The song's track number on the album is #1 out of 12 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. The Water Is Wide 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

Since The Water Is Wide by Paul McCandless has a tempo of 65 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Larghetto (rather broadly). With The Water Is Wide being at 65 BPM, the half-time would be 32 BPM with a double-time of 130 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 5/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F Major. 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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