Amerika by Jaco Pastorius Song Details

Jaco Pastorius's 'Amerika' had a release date set for 1983. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:09, 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 Jaco Pastorius's "Invitation [Live]" album is number 2 out of 9. Amerika is below average in popularity right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Amerika by Jaco Pastorius to be Adagio (slowly with great expression) because the track has a tempo of 75 BPM, a half-time of 38BPM, and a double-time of 150 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 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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