Song tempo & key

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay — Percy Sledge

“(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay” by Percy Sledge (1996) has a measured tempo of 106.5 BPM and is in E minor.

106BPM
Em
E minor · Camelot 9A
53.2 / 213.0
half / double time
2:37
length

What dance fits “(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay”?

How to count it

At 106 BPM one beat lasts 563 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 26.6 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 35.5.

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