TempoPeek

Alice in Chains · Grind

Nutshell

Nutshell is in B major at 136.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

137 BPM · Allegromedian of 147 analyses · 123.2–164.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
B major5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
81%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
147people who ran the extractor
One beat
439.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.69dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.848Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.036Essentia'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

147 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 81% — put it in B major, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 147 readings; 61% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 123.2 to 164.4 BPM.

At 136.5 BPM one beat lasts 439.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 109.9 ms and a dotted eighth 329.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 68.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 273. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — the sort of drift a tape machine or a slightly different mastering leaves behind. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 4.69 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 0.848 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 B major; 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 B major

Each of these differs from B major 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 137 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41758.20.57
Half note2879.11.14
Dotted quarter1.5659.31.52
Quarter note (one beat)1439.62.28
Quarter triplet0.6672933.41
Dotted eighth0.75329.73.03
Eighth note0.5219.84.55
Eighth triplet0.333146.56.83
Dotted sixteenth0.375164.86.07
Sixteenth note0.25109.99.1
Sixteenth triplet0.16773.313.65
Thirty-second note0.12554.918.2

Half time 68.3 BPM · double time 273 BPM. Every row is one beat (439.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. One of These DaysPink FloydB major137BPM
  2. ExitludeThe KillersB major137BPM
  3. I Drove All NightCéline DionB major135BPM
  4. You Are the Sunshine of My LifeStevie WonderB major135BPM
  5. On the MendFoo FightersB major135BPM
  6. Just Go AwayBlondieB major139BPM
  7. Kings HorsesJetB major139BPM
  8. All at OnceThe FrayB major134BPM
  9. Come Fly With MeMichael BubléB major134BPM
  10. DesnudoEnrique IglesiasB major139BPM

Recordings in B major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 137 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in B majorAll songs at 137 BPMB major at 130–139 BPMAlice in Chains

MusicBrainz collapses 6 recording ids into this one. Recording id 30a68432-82f2-4626-bf40-13083313e221.