Shorting' Bread by Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, Tom Paley, Harry West, Jeanie West Song Details

Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, Tom Paley, Harry West, Jeanie West's ' "Shorting' Bread" was released on its scheduled release date, April 23, 1955. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:38, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. There are a total of 17 in the song's album "Shivaree!". In this album, this song's track order is #8. Based on our statistics, Shorting' Bread's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Shorting' Bread by Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, Tom Paley, Harry West, Jeanie West having a BPM of 136 with a half-time of 68 BPM and a double-time of 272 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 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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