Song tempo & key

The Sheik of Araby — Sidney Bechet’s One Man Band

“The Sheik of Araby” by Sidney Bechet’s One Man Band (1996) has a measured tempo of 96.4 BPM and is in A# major.

96BPM
A#
A# major · Camelot 6B
48.2 / 192.8
half / double time
2:09
length

What dance fits “The Sheik of Araby”?

How to count it

At 96 BPM one beat lasts 622 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 24.1 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 32.1.

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Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.