Days Are Short by Hoyt Axton Song Details

Hoyt Axton's 'Days Are Short' had a release date set for January 1, 1972. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:50, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The track order of this song in Hoyt Axton's "Less Than The Song" album is number 4 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Days Are Short is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Days Are Short by Hoyt Axton to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 83 BPM, a half-time of 42BPM, and a double-time of 166 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 5/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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