Afro Blue by John Coltrane Song Details

John Coltrane's ' "Afro Blue" was released on its scheduled release date, October 2, 2005. 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. The track order of this song in Various Artists's "Jazz Shots from the East Coast, Vol. 3 (Bonus Track Version)" album is number 2 out of 16. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Afro Blue is currently unknown right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Afro Blue by John Coltrane to be Vivace (lively and fast) because the track has a tempo of 168 BPM, a half-time of 84BPM, and a double-time of 336 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music 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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