Once Was a Gambler by Lightnin' Hopkins Song Details

Lightnin' Hopkins's ' "Once Was a Gambler" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1989. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 16 in the song's album "Texas Blues". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The popularity of Once Was a Gambler is currently below average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Once Was a Gambler by Lightnin' Hopkins having a BPM of 177 with a half-time of 88 BPM and a double-time of 354 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Presto (very, very fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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