Dreadful by Shel Silverstein Song Details

Shel Silverstein's ' "Dreadful" was released on its scheduled release date, 1984. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:06, 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. This song is part of Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. The song's track number on the album is #35 out of 47 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. Dreadful 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

Since Dreadful by Shel Silverstein has a tempo of 70 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Adagio (slowly with great expression). With Dreadful being at 70 BPM, the half-time would be 35 BPM with a double-time of 140 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical 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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