Song tempo & key

Working Man Blues — Sleepy John Estes

“Working Man Blues” by Sleepy John Estes (1992) has a measured tempo of 86.2 BPM and is in A minor.

86BPM
Am
A minor · Camelot 8A
43.1 / 172.4
half / double time
3:03
length

What dance fits “Working Man Blues”?

How to count it

At 86 BPM one beat lasts 696 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 21.6 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 28.7.

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