The Cuckoo by Jean Ritchie Song Details

Jean Ritchie's ' "The Cuckoo" was released on its scheduled release date, 1952. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:25. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Cuckoo's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 16 in the song's album "Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family". In this album, this song's track order is #13. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The Cuckoo is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With The Cuckoo by Jean Ritchie having a BPM of 56 with a half-time of 28 BPM and a double-time of 112 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Lento (slowly) 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 is in the music key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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