Aretha Franklin · Soul '69
Tracks of My Tears
Tracks of My Tears is in F minor at 101.2 beats per minute.
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 value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2371.5 | 0.42 |
| Half note | 2 | 1185.8 | 0.84 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 889.3 | 1.12 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 592.9 | 1.69 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 395.3 | 2.53 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 444.7 | 2.25 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 296.4 | 3.37 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 197.6 | 5.06 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 222.3 | 4.5 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 148.2 | 6.75 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 98.8 | 10.12 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 74.1 | 13.49 |
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
- Rebel of the Underground2PacF minor101BPM
- The Negotiation Limerick FileBeastie BoysF minor101BPM
- KILL ME BITCH$NotF minor101BPM
- The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)Aretha FranklinF minor102BPM
- Detroit Rock CityKISSF minor101BPM
- How I Could Just Kill a ManCypress HillF minor102BPM
- Islands in the StreamDolly Parton with Kenny RogersF minor102BPM
- StayZedd & Alessia CaraF minor102BPM
- Man in the MirrorMichael JacksonF minor100BPM
- 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.