Grandma's Hands by Gil Scott-Heron Song Details

Gil Scott-Heron's ' "Grandma's Hands" was released on its scheduled release date, March 1, 1981. 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 7 in the song's album "Reflections". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Grandma's Hands is currently below average in popularity. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Grandma's Hands by Gil Scott-Heron having a BPM of 98 with a half-time of 49 BPM and a double-time of 196 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

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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