Detour Ahead by Herb Ellis Song Details

Herb Ellis's ' "Detour Ahead" was released on its scheduled release date, September 20, 1963. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:22. 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. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "Three Guitars In Bossa Nova Time". In this album, this song's track order is #10. The popularity of Detour Ahead is currently 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 Detour Ahead by Herb Ellis having a BPM of 172 with a half-time of 86 BPM and a double-time of 344 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. 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 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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