Our Roots (Began In Africa) by Pharoah Sanders Song Details

Pharoah Sanders's ' "Our Roots (Began In Africa)" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1996. This song appears to be safe for all ages as it is not explicit. The track order of this song in Pharoah Sanders's "Message From Home" album is number 1 out of 6. On top of that, France appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Our Roots (Began In Africa) is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Our Roots (Began In Africa) by Pharoah Sanders to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 95 BPM, a half-time of 48BPM, and a double-time of 190 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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