Billy Joel · The Nylon Curtain
Allentown
Allentown is in G major at 114.3 beats per minute.
Tempo
114 BPM · Moderatomedian of 298 analyses · 113.4–114.5 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 81%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 298people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 524.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.25dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.898Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.397Essentia'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
298 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 81% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 298 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 113.4 to 114.5 BPM.
At 114.3 BPM one beat lasts 524.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 131.2 ms and a dotted eighth 393.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 57.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 228.6. A score would mark that Moderato, 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 4.25 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 0.898 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 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 G major
Each of these differs from G 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 114 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2099.7 | 0.48 |
| Half note | 2 | 1049.9 | 0.95 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 787.4 | 1.27 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 524.9 | 1.91 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 350 | 2.86 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 393.7 | 2.54 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 262.5 | 3.81 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 175 | 5.72 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 196.9 | 5.08 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 131.2 | 7.62 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 87.5 | 11.43 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 65.6 | 15.24 |
Half time 57.2 BPM · double time 228.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (524.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- BikePink FloydG major114BPM
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- HelplessCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungG major114BPM
- I Won’t Back DownTom PettyG major114BPM
- Tin ManAmericaG major115BPM
- NightswimmingR.E.M.G major114BPM
- Living ProofBruce SpringsteenG major114BPM
- M.O.N.E.Y.The 1975G major114BPM
- Pink HousesJohn Cougar MellencampG major115BPM
- Show Me ForgivenessBjörkG major114BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 114 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 114 BPMG major at 110–119 BPMBilly Joel
MusicBrainz collapses 28 recording ids into this one. Recording id 0eb5d18b-9f8d-4692-b095-2a1bbef3ea84.