The Imperative by Lyle Mays Song Details

Lyle Mays's 'The Imperative' had a release date set for June 2, 2000. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:24. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Imperative's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "Solo Improvisations For Expanded Piano". In this album, this song's track order is #4. The Imperative 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

With The Imperative by Lyle Mays having a BPM of 86 with a half-time of 43 BPM and a double-time of 172 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music 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
-22.639 dB
Acousticness
98%
Danceability
42%
Energy
12%
Instrumentalness
90%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
62%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
27%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records