What Is This Thing Called Love by Hampton Hawes Trio Song Details

Hampton Hawes Trio's 'What Is This Thing Called Love' had a release date set for June 28, 1955. 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. The track order of this song in Hampton Hawes Trio's "Hampton Hawes Trio, Vol. 1" album is number 2 out of 10. In terms of popularity, What Is This Thing Called Love is currently not that popular. 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

We consider the tempo marking of What Is This Thing Called Love by Hampton Hawes Trio to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 113 BPM, a half-time of 56BPM, and a double-time of 226 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Minor. Because this track belongs in the C Minor key, the camelot key is 5A. So, the perfect camelot match for 5A would be either 5A or 4B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 5B or 6A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2A and a high energy boost can either be 7A or 12A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 4A would be a great choice. Where 8A would give you a moderate drop, and 3A or 10A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8B allows you to change the mood.

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