The Pattern Is Broken by Don McLean Song Details

Don McLean's ' "The Pattern Is Broken" was released on its scheduled release date, December 1, 1977. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:48. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Pattern Is Broken's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 13 in the song's album "Prime Time". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, The Pattern Is Broken is currently not that popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With The Pattern Is Broken by Don McLean having a BPM of 97 with a half-time of 48 BPM and a double-time of 194 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

A 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 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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