2Pac · 2Pacalypse Now
Words of Wisdom
Words of Wisdom is in C sharp minor at 109.5 beats per minute.
Tempo
110 BPM · Moderatomedian of 138 analyses · 109.4–109.5 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- C♯ minor4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 100%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 138people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 547.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 453.7Hz · +53 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.954Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.556Essentia's danceability, 0–3
Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.
What the numbers say
138 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in C sharp minor, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 138 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 109.5 BPM one beat lasts 547.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 137 ms and a dotted eighth 411 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 54.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 219. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 453.7 Hz, which is 53 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — far enough that playing along at 440 Hz will sound wrong. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 5 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.954 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.
10 other recordings here are in C sharp minor; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.
Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.
Keys that fit with C♯ minor
Each of these differs from C♯ minor by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.
Delay times at 110 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2191.8 | 0.46 |
| Half note | 2 | 1095.9 | 0.91 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 821.9 | 1.22 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 547.9 | 1.83 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 365.3 | 2.74 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 411 | 2.43 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 274 | 3.65 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 182.6 | 5.48 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 205.5 | 4.87 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 137 | 7.3 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 91.3 | 10.95 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 68.5 | 14.6 |
Half time 54.8 BPM · double time 219 BPM. Every row is one beat (547.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Human BehaviourBjörkC♯ minor109BPM
- How LongCharlie PuthC♯ minor110BPM
- Follow the LeaderEric B. & RakimC♯ minor110BPM
- Cruel SummerAce of BaseC♯ minor110BPM
- JoleneDolly PartonC♯ minor110BPM
- TreasonTim DaviesC♯ minor108BPM
- Head GamesForeignerC♯ minor108BPM
- Body ElectricLana Del ReyC♯ minor111BPM
- That GirlStevie WonderC♯ minor107BPM
- KnightsCrystal CastlesC♯ minor112BPM
Recordings in C sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 110 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in C sharp minorAll songs at 110 BPMC♯ minor at 100–109 BPM2Pac
MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id a8f540c7-1e7b-4a2c-901f-c424d47eedcf.