Alicia Keys · Songs in A minor
Troubles
Troubles is in G sharp minor at 145.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
146 BPM · Allegromedian of 143 analyses · 145.9–146 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G♯ minor5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 99%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 143people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 411.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 449.5Hz · +37 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.02dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.901Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.348Essentia'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
143 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in G sharp minor, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 143 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 145.9 BPM one beat lasts 411.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 102.8 ms and a dotted eighth 308.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 73 BPM, counted twice as fast 291.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 449.5 Hz, which is 37 cents above 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 4.02 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 0.901 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 G 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 G♯ minor
Each of these differs from G♯ 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 146 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1645 | 0.61 |
| Half note | 2 | 822.5 | 1.22 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 616.9 | 1.62 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 411.2 | 2.43 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 274.2 | 3.65 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 308.4 | 3.24 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 205.6 | 4.86 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 137.1 | 7.3 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 154.2 | 6.48 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 102.8 | 9.73 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 68.5 | 14.59 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 51.4 | 19.45 |
Half time 73 BPM · double time 291.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (411.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- The Battle of EvermoreLed ZeppelinG♯ minor146BPM
- SatisfactionOtis ReddingG♯ minor147BPM
- Venus in FursThe Velvet UndergroundG♯ minor145BPM
- Heart of the SunriseYesG♯ minor144BPM
- Wishing WellBlack SabbathG♯ minor143BPM
- Voodoo PeopleThe ProdigyG♯ minor149BPM
- Eugene’s LamentBeastie BoysG♯ minor143BPM
- Take This WaltzLeonard CohenG♯ minor143BPM
- Lick and a PromiseAerosmithG♯ minor150BPM
- Move OnDavid BowieG♯ minor150BPM
Recordings in G sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 146 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G sharp minorAll songs at 146 BPMG♯ minor at 140–149 BPMAlicia Keys
MusicBrainz collapses 2 recording ids into this one. Recording id 0b1a5c51-d8d2-4b12-9a7c-0e8eb66c0e89.