John Henry Variations by John Fahey Song Details

"John Henry Variations" by John Fahey had its release date on January 1, 1998. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:40, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The song is number 7 out of 22 in Death Chants, Breakdowns And Military Waltzes by John Fahey. 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, John Henry Variations is currently not that popular. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of John Henry Variations by John Fahey is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 97 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

This song is in the music key of E♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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