The Cruel Brother by Dick Gaughan Song Details

"The Cruel Brother" by Dick Gaughan had its release date on September 1, 2002. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:40, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 21 in the song's album "Prentice Piece". In this album, this song's track order is #12. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, The Cruel Brother's popularity is not that popular 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 Cruel Brother by Dick Gaughan having a BPM of 138 with a half-time of 69 BPM and a double-time of 276 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.

Music Key

D Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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