Take the "A" Train by Duke Ellington Song Details

Duke Ellington's ' "Take the "A" Train" was released on its scheduled release date, May 15, 1961. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:31, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "Piano In The Background (Expanded Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Take the "A" 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

With Take the "A" Train by Duke Ellington having a BPM of 94 with a half-time of 47 BPM and a double-time of 188 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

C Major is the music key of this track. 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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