Ruby, My Dear by Thelonious Monk Song Details

"Ruby, My Dear" by Thelonious Monk had its release date on 1964. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:40, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 21 in the song's album "Solo Monk". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Ruby, My Dear is below average in popularity right now. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

With Ruby, My Dear by Thelonious Monk having a BPM of 68 with a half-time of 34 BPM and a double-time of 136 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Adagio (slowly with great expression) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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