Checkmate by Gryphon Song Details

"Checkmate" by Gryphon had its release date on January 1, 1974. 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 4 in the song's album "Red Queen To Gryphon Three". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Checkmate is currently unknown. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With Checkmate by Gryphon having a BPM of 94 with a half-time of 47 BPM and a double-time of 188 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of F Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-17.39 dB
Acousticness
92%
Danceability
17%
Energy
27%
Instrumentalness
90%
Liveness
13%
Loudness
71%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
3%

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ISRC
USSM12403395
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records