The Cruel Ship's Captain by Dave Van Ronk Song Details

Dave Van Ronk's 'The Cruel Ship's Captain' had a release date set for August 11, 2005. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:39. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Cruel Ship's Captain's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 17 in the song's album "The Mayor Of MacDougal Street: Rarities 1957-1969". In this album, this song's track order is #11. Based on our statistics, The Cruel Ship's Captain's popularity is 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 The Cruel Ship's Captain by Dave Van Ronk having a BPM of 129 with a half-time of 64 BPM and a double-time of 258 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) 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 walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E 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 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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