Nine Pound Hammer by Chet Atkins, Merle Travis Song Details

Chet Atkins, Merle Travis's ' "Nine Pound Hammer" was released on its scheduled release date, April 19, 1974. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:53. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Nine Pound Hammer's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Nine Pound Hammer is currently not that popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Nine Pound Hammer by Chet Atkins, Merle Travis having a BPM of 97 with a half-time of 48 BPM and a double-time of 194 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

G Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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