What a Piece of Work Is Man by Galt MacDermot, Tom Pierson Song Details

Galt MacDermot, Tom Pierson's ' "What a Piece of Work Is Man" was released on its scheduled release date, 1979. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:39, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in Original Soundtrack's "Hair" album is number 24 out of 27. Based on our statistics, What a Piece of Work Is Man'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 What a Piece of Work Is Man by Galt MacDermot, Tom Pierson to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 148 BPM, a half-time of 74BPM, and a double-time of 296 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

This song is in the music key of D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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