Freight train by Elizabeth Cotten Song Details

Elizabeth Cotten's ' "Freight train" was released on its scheduled release date, December 1, 1989. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:46. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Freight train's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 2 out of 14 in Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes by Elizabeth Cotten. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, Freight train is currently average in popularity. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Freight train by Elizabeth Cotten is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 104 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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