Basin Street Blues by Louis Armstrong Song Details

Louis Armstrong's ' "Basin Street Blues" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1962. 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. The track order of this song in Louis Armstrong's "I Love Jazz" album is number 3 out of 9. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Basin Street Blues is currently below average in popularity. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Basin Street Blues by Louis Armstrong to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 96 BPM, a half-time of 48BPM, and a double-time of 192 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Minor. Because this track belongs in the G Minor key, the camelot key is 6A. So, the perfect camelot match for 6A would be either 6A or 5B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 6B or 7A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3A and a high energy boost can either be 8A or 1A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 5A would be a great choice. Where 9A would give you a moderate drop, and 4A or 11A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9B allows you to change the mood.

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