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.
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.
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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Sack Full Of Soul | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | F Minor | 4 | 4A | 86 BPM | ||
| Ill Wind | Lee Morgan | F Major | 1 | 7B | 110 BPM | ||
| Shiny Stockings | Elvin Jones, Richard Davis | F Minor | 3 | 4A | 101 BPM | ||
| Groove Waltz | McCoy Tyner | F Major | 3 | 7B | 91 BPM | ||
| The Night Has a Thousand Eyes | John Coltrane | D Major | 4 | 10B | 112 BPM | ||
| The Maze - Remastered | Herbie Hancock | E Minor | 6 | 9A | 176 BPM | ||
| Snafu - Remastered 2023 | Yusef Lateef | B♭ Major | 1 | 6B | 100 BPM | ||
| Norman's Blues | Sonny Stitt | D♭ Major | 6 | 3B | 126 BPM | ||
| Camouflage (Rudy Van Gelder Mastering) [1998 Digital Remaster] | Horace Silver Quintet | E♭ Major | 4 | 5B | 102 BPM | ||
| Just Squeeze Me | Miles Davis | F Major | 2 | 7B | 92 BPM | ||
| I Could Write A Book | Miles Davis Quintet | E♭ Major | 6 | 5B | 114 BPM | ||
| Three For the Festival | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | G Major | 4 | 9B | 117 BPM | ||
| The Cool One | Art Farmer & Benny Golson Jazztet | B Minor | 2 | 10A | 127 BPM | ||
| Nardis | Joe Henderson Sextet | A Minor | 3 | 8A | 100 BPM | ||
| Deeds, Not Words | Max Roach | D♭ Major | 1 | 3B | 112 BPM | ||
| What's New - Live At The Pershing, Chicago, 1958 | Ahmad Jamal Trio | C Minor | 4 | 5A | 76 BPM | ||
| Strode Rode - Rudy Van Gelder Remaster | Sonny Rollins, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Max Roach | F Minor | 5 | 4A | 130 BPM | ||
| Somethin' Special | Sonny Clark | G Minor | 3 | 6A | 184 BPM | ||
| Blues Five Spot | Thelonious Monk Quartet | F Minor | 3 | 4A | 135 BPM | ||
| Walkin' Shoes | Gerry Mulligan Quartet | D Major | 3 | 10B | 137 BPM | ||
| Eiderdown - Remastered 2004 | Pete La Roca | D Minor | 5 | 7A | 98 BPM | ||
| In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning | Art Blakey | F Major | 0 | 7B | 182 BPM | ||
| Isotope - Remastered 2004/Rudy Van Gelder Edition | Joe Henderson | F Major | 6 | 7B | 97 BPM | ||
| Tune-Up | Max Roach | G Major | 6 | 9B | 80 BPM | ||
| Autumn Leaves | McCoy Tyner | G Minor | 3 | 6A | 111 BPM |