Balafon by Gilberto Gil Song Details

On January 1, 1979, the song "Balafon" was released by Gilberto Gil. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:48. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Balafon's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "Nightingale". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from Brazil. Based on our statistics, Balafon's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With Balafon by Gilberto Gil having a BPM of 125 with a half-time of 62 BPM and a double-time of 250 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might 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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