Ruby and Carlos by James McMurtry Song Details

"Ruby and Carlos" by James McMurtry had its release date on April 15, 2008. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:24, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The track order of this song in James McMurtry's "Just Us Kids" album is number 13 out of 13. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Ruby and Carlos 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

We consider the tempo marking of Ruby and Carlos by James McMurtry to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 92 BPM, a half-time of 46BPM, and a double-time of 184 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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