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.
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.
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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonely Woman - Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition | Horace Silver | F♯ Major | 1 | 2B | 105 BPM | ||
| Walk On | Henry Grimes Trio | A Major | 2 | 11B | 60 BPM | ||
| 'Round Midnight | Thelonious Monk | A♭ Major | 3 | 4B | 117 BPM | ||
| Dancing Flowers | Albert Ayler | E Minor | 5 | 9A | 89 BPM | ||
| Epistrophy | Thelonious Monk Septet | A♭ Major | 3 | 4B | 86 BPM | ||
| Eiderdown - Remastered 2004 | Pete La Roca | D Minor | 5 | 7A | 98 BPM | ||
| Chelsea Bridge | Joe Henderson Sextet | E♭ Minor | 1 | 2A | 171 BPM | ||
| Ella Speed | Gil Evans | C Major | 3 | 8B | 115 BPM | ||
| Cosmic Rays | Charlie Parker Quartet | F Major | 2 | 7B | 132 BPM | ||
| Two Bass Hit | Miles Davis | A♭ Major | 5 | 4B | 115 BPM | ||
| Passion Dance | McCoy Tyner | D♭ Major | 8 | 3B | 119 BPM | ||
| Concerto for Billy the Kid | George Russell | F Minor | 5 | 4A | 138 BPM | ||
| Effendi | McCoy Tyner Trio | A Minor | 4 | 8A | 69 BPM | ||
| The Face of the Bass | Ornette Coleman | C Major | 2 | 8B | 96 BPM | ||
| Blues For Gwen | McCoy Tyner Trio | F Minor | 3 | 4A | 108 BPM | ||
| Moon Inhabitants | Ornette Coleman | D♭ Major | 2 | 3B | 124 BPM | ||
| Nutty - Live At The Five Spot / August 7, 1958 | Thelonious Monk Quartet | B♭ Major | 2 | 6B | 147 BPM | ||
| Conquistador - 2003 Remastered | Cecil Taylor | A Major | 6 | 11B | 76 BPM | ||
| Ahmad's Blues | Ahmad Jamal | F Major | 2 | 7B | 173 BPM | ||
| Promises Kept | Sonny Sharrock | A♭ Major | 6 | 4B | 111 BPM | ||
| Alpha | Ornette Coleman | C Major | 3 | 8B | 131 BPM | ||
| Poetry | London Symphony Orchestra, Ornette Coleman | A Minor | 4 | 8A | 169 BPM | ||
| Mystical Dream | Roland Kirk Quartet | A Minor | 1 | 8A | 115 BPM | ||
| Sweet And Lovely | Booker Little | C Major | 2 | 8B | 109 BPM | ||
| Fuego - Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2005 Remaster | Donald Byrd | F Minor | 6 | 4A | 164 BPM |