John Henry by George Pegram Song Details

On January 1, 1964, the song "John Henry" was released by George Pegram. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:19. This song does not appear to have any foul language. John Henry's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Various Artists's "Galax, Virginia Old Fiddler's Convention" album is number 7 out of 23. Based on our statistics, John Henry's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of John Henry by George Pegram to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 146 BPM, a half-time of 73BPM, and a double-time of 292 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, jogging or cycling, can go well with this song. 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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