Hard to Be the Bard
Christian Borle, 'Something Rotten' Ensemble
Something Rotten! (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
3:58 June 2, 2015
BPM
110
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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Hard to Be the Bard by Christian Borle, 'Something Rotten' Ensemble Song Details

Christian Borle, 'Something Rotten' Ensemble's ' "Hard to Be the Bard" was released on its scheduled release date, June 2, 2015. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:58, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. There are a total of 18 in the song's album "Something Rotten! (Original Broadway Cast Recording)". In this album, this song's track order is #11. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Hard to Be the Bard is currently average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With Hard to Be the Bard by Christian Borle, 'Something Rotten' Ensemble having a BPM of 110 with a half-time of 55 BPM and a double-time of 220 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

C 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 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
-6.513 dB
Acousticness
46%
Danceability
76%
Energy
71%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
29%
Loudness
89%
Speechiness
33%
Valence
70%

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ISRC
USSK31523474
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records