Ballad for a Common Man by Keith Emerson Song Details

Keith Emerson's 'Ballad for a Common Man' had a release date set for September 9, 2002. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:19. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The song is number 16 out of 22 in Emerson Plays Emerson by Keith Emerson. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Ballad for a Common Man's popularity is not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Ballad for a Common Man by Keith Emerson is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 127 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. 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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