Blue Monk by Abbey Lincoln Song Details

Abbey Lincoln's 'Blue Monk' had a release date set for May 2, 2012. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. There are a total of 27 in the song's album "Precious & Rare: Abbey Lincoln vol.2". In this album, this song's track order is #4. The popularity of Blue Monk is currently not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With Blue Monk by Abbey Lincoln having a BPM of 178 with a half-time of 89 BPM and a double-time of 356 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

A♭ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.036 dB
Acousticness
68%
Danceability
44%
Energy
10%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
25%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records