The French Lesson
Soft Machine
Seven
0:57 January 25, 1973
BPM
73
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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The French Lesson by Soft Machine Song Details

"The French Lesson" by Soft Machine had its release date on January 25, 1973. With This song being less than a minute long, we are pretty confident that this song does not contain any foul language. That being said, this song is pretty short compared to other songs. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "Seven". In this album, this song's track order is #12. The French Lesson is not that popular 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 French Lesson by Soft Machine having a BPM of 73 with a half-time of 36 BPM and a double-time of 146 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Adagio (slowly with great expression) 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 has a musical key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-33.762 dB
Acousticness
97%
Danceability
17%
Energy
0%
Instrumentalness
99%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
44%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
3%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records