Aretha Franklin · Soul '69

Tracks of My Tears

Tracks of My Tears is in F minor at 101.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

101 BPM · Andantemedian of 182 analyses · 101.2–101.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F minor4 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
63%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
182people who ran the extractor
One beat
592.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.7Hz · -1 cents from A 440
Dynamics
8.1dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.128Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.042Essentia'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

182 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 63% — put it in F minor, a key signature of 4 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 182 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 101.2 BPM one beat lasts 592.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 148.2 ms and a dotted eighth 444.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 50.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 202.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.7 Hz, which is 1 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 8.1 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 0.128 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 F 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 F minor

Each of these differs from F 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 101 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42371.50.42
Half note21185.80.84
Dotted quarter1.5889.31.12
Quarter note (one beat)1592.91.69
Quarter triplet0.667395.32.53
Dotted eighth0.75444.72.25
Eighth note0.5296.43.37
Eighth triplet0.333197.65.06
Dotted sixteenth0.375222.34.5
Sixteenth note0.25148.26.75
Sixteenth triplet0.16798.810.12
Thirty-second note0.12574.113.49

Half time 50.6 BPM · double time 202.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (592.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Rebel of the Underground2PacF minor101BPM
  2. The Negotiation Limerick FileBeastie BoysF minor101BPM
  3. KILL ME BITCH$NotF minor101BPM
  4. The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)Aretha FranklinF minor102BPM
  5. Detroit Rock CityKISSF minor101BPM
  6. How I Could Just Kill a ManCypress HillF minor102BPM
  7. Islands in the StreamDolly Parton with Kenny RogersF minor102BPM
  8. StayZedd & Alessia CaraF minor102BPM
  9. Man in the MirrorMichael JacksonF minor100BPM
  10. I Just Can’t Stop Loving YouMichael JacksonF minor100BPM

Recordings in F minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 101 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F minorAll songs at 101 BPMF minor at 100–109 BPMAretha Franklin

MusicBrainz collapses 2 recording ids into this one. Recording id 970e0c60-039f-48c4-af8a-5e7ece8847f2.