The Traitor by Leonard Cohen Song Details

"The Traitor" by Leonard Cohen had its release date on 1979. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:15, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "Recent Songs". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, The Traitor's popularity is below average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With The Traitor by Leonard Cohen having a BPM of 159 with a half-time of 80 BPM and a double-time of 318 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and fast) 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 running. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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