Microchip by Philip Glass Song Details

"Microchip" by Philip Glass had its release date on September 11, 2009. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:47, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in Philip Glass's "Koyaanisqatsi (Complete Original Soundtrack)" album is number 11 out of 13. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Microchip is not that popular right now. 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 Microchip by Philip Glass to be Adagio (slowly with great expression) because the track has a tempo of 68 BPM, a half-time of 34BPM, and a double-time of 136 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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