Alpha by Ornette Coleman Song Details

Ornette Coleman's ' "Alpha" was released on its scheduled release date, 1958. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:13, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. There are a total of 9 in the song's album "Something Else!!!!: The Music Of Ornette Coleman (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)". In this album, this song's track order is #7. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Alpha's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With Alpha by Ornette Coleman having a BPM of 131 with a half-time of 66 BPM and a double-time of 262 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-15.037 dB
Acousticness
23%
Danceability
60%
Energy
31%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
18%
Loudness
75%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
62%

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ISRC
USC4R1116947
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records