Song tempo & key

John Henry — Hank Thompson

“John Henry” by Hank Thompson (1955) has a measured tempo of 128.9 BPM and is in A# major.

129BPM
A#
A# major · Camelot 6B
64.5 / 257.8
half / double time
3:00
length

What dance fits “John Henry”?

How to count it

At 129 BPM one beat lasts 465 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 32.2 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 43.0.

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