In a Mellow Tone (12) by Duke Ellington Song Details

Duke Ellington's ' "In a Mellow Tone (12)" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1956. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:53. This song does not appear to have any foul language. In a Mellow Tone (12)'s duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Duke Ellington's "Historically Speaking - The Duke (Remastered 2014)" album is number 6 out of 12. Based on our statistics, In a Mellow Tone (12)'s popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of In a Mellow Tone (12) by Duke Ellington to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 145 BPM, a half-time of 72BPM, and a double-time of 290 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, jogging or cycling, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

A♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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