Mack the Knife by Merle Travis Song Details

On July 11, 1995, the song "Mack the Knife" was released by Merle Travis. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:53. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Mack the Knife's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Merle Travis's "Guitar Retrospective" album is number 9 out of 20. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Mack the Knife is currently not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Mack the Knife by Merle Travis to be Presto (very, very fast) because the track has a tempo of 184 BPM, a half-time of 92BPM, and a double-time of 368 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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