Hangman by Jean Ritchie Song Details

Jean Ritchie's ' "Hangman" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1960. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:02. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Hangman's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 3 out of 11 in British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 1 by Jean Ritchie. 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, Hangman is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Hangman by Jean Ritchie is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 117 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a moderate tempo. This song can go great with walking. 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 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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