"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.
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.
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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Certain Kind | Soft Machine | C Major | 3 | 8B | 168 BPM | ||
| Young Mother | Curved Air | A Major | 7 | 11B | 141 BPM | ||
| East Of Asteroid - Live From The Queen Elizabeth Hall,United Kingdom/1976 | Phil Manzanera | A Minor | 7 | 8A | 143 BPM | ||
| The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack | The Nice | B♭ Major | 4 | 6B | 142 BPM | ||
| Decline and Fall | Atomic Rooster | A Major | 6 | 11B | 139 BPM | ||
| Everydays | Yes | C Major | 4 | 8B | 132 BPM | ||
| The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again | Pye Hastings, Caravan | E Minor | 5 | 9A | 132 BPM | ||
| Quadrant 4 | Billy Cobham | F♯ Major | 8 | 2B | 121 BPM | ||
| Stumpy Meets the Firecracker in Stencil Forest - 2025 Remaster | Happy the Man | B Major | 5 | 1B | 119 BPM | ||
| Dharma for One - Steven Wilson Stereo Remix | Jethro Tull | B Minor | 8 | 10A | 101 BPM | ||
| Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road | Robert Wyatt | D Major | 6 | 10B | 80 BPM | ||
| Twisted Track | Nucleus | E Major | 3 | 12B | 111 BPM | ||
| Decision | Fruupp | E Major | 6 | 12B | 83 BPM | ||
| Laila '74 (Live) - Bonustrack | Agitation Free | F♯ Minor | 7 | 11A | 101 BPM | ||
| Malesch | Agitation Free | F Major | 5 | 7B | 101 BPM | ||
| Majestic Dance - Instrumental | Return To Forever | A Major | 7 | 11B | 151 BPM | ||
| Feelin', Reelin', Squealin' - Bonus Track | Soft Machine | G Major | 9 | 9B | 141 BPM | ||
| The Collapso | National Health | B♭ Major | 3 | 6B | 98 BPM | ||
| Midnight Madness | England, Robert Webb | E♭ Major | 0 | 5B | 90 BPM | ||
| No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed - 2003 Remaster | Yes | E Major | 5 | 12B | 143 BPM | ||
| No Roses | Jesbee, Soft Machine, Naeto C, DarkoVibes | E Minor | 4 | 9A | 92 BPM | ||
| Dopo l'uragano | Alphataurus | A Minor | 5 | 8A | 168 BPM | ||
| Burn Out My Eyes | Nektar | G Major | 7 | 9B | 115 BPM | ||
| Save Yourself | Soft Machine | G Major | 7 | 9B | 126 BPM | ||
| Golden Fleece - 2013 Remaster | Spring | A♭ Minor | 6 | 1A | 133 BPM |