Pay Not Play Not by Max Roach Song Details

Max Roach's ' "Pay Not Play Not" was released on its scheduled release date, 1964. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. There are a total of 7 in the song's album "The Max Roach Trio, Featuring The Legendary Hasaan Ibn Ali". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Based on our statistics, Pay Not Play Not's popularity 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 Pay Not Play Not by Max Roach having a BPM of 131 with a half-time of 66 BPM and a double-time of 262 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music 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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Popularity
Loudness
-19.581 dB
Acousticness
55%
Danceability
44%
Energy
38%
Instrumentalness
20%
Liveness
54%
Loudness
67%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
57%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records