The Word - The Moody Blues Information

The Moody Blues's 'The Word' came out on July 26, 1968. With The Word being less than a minute long, we are pretty confident that this song does not contain any foul language. That being said, this song is pretty short compared to other songs. The track order of this song in The Moody Blues's "In Search Of The Lost Chord" album is number 11 out of 21. The Word is below average in popularity right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

The Word BPM

We consider the tempo marking of The Word by The Moody Blues to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 78 BPM, a half-time of 39BPM, and a double-time of 156 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 5/4.

The Word Key

This song has a musical key of A♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.