Song tempo & key

Special Rider Blues — Skip James

“Special Rider Blues” by Skip James (1931) has a measured tempo of 114.5 BPM and is in G major.

114BPM
G
G major · Camelot 9B
57.2 / 229.0
half / double time
3:03
length

What dance fits “Special Rider Blues”?

How to count it

At 114 BPM one beat lasts 524 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 28.6 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 38.2.

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