Chuck Berry · One Dozen Berrys

Rock & Roll Music

Rock & Roll Music is in E flat major at 164.9 beats per minute.

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Tempo

165 BPM · Vivacemedian of 271 analyses · 95.6–165.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
85%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
271people who ran the extractor
One beat
363.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441Hz · +4 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.08dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.912Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.368Essentia'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

271 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 85% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 271 readings; 78% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 95.6 to 165.2 BPM.

At 164.9 BPM one beat lasts 363.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 91 ms and a dotted eighth 272.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 82.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 329.8. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441 Hz, which is 4 cents above 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 3.08 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 0.912 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 E flat 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 E♭ major

Each of these differs from E♭ 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 165 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41455.40.69
Half note2727.71.37
Dotted quarter1.5545.81.83
Quarter note (one beat)1363.92.75
Quarter triplet0.667242.64.12
Dotted eighth0.75272.93.66
Eighth note0.5181.95.5
Eighth triplet0.333121.38.25
Dotted sixteenth0.375136.47.33
Sixteenth note0.259110.99
Sixteenth triplet0.16760.616.49
Thirty-second note0.12545.521.99

Half time 82.5 BPM · double time 329.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (363.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. La BayamesaBuena Vista Social ClubE♭ major165BPM
  2. Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & GarfunkelE♭ major165BPM
  3. TodaySmashing PumpkinsE♭ major165BPM
  4. River Deep - Mountain HighIke & Tina TurnerE♭ major165BPM
  5. Life for RentDidoE♭ major166BPM
  6. LandslideSmashing PumpkinsE♭ major166BPM
  7. In the GalleryDire StraitsE♭ major164BPM
  8. You’re BeautifulJames BluntE♭ major164BPM
  9. Let’s Get It OnMarvin GayeE♭ major166BPM
  10. The Longest TimeBilly JoelE♭ major166BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 165 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 165 BPME♭ major at 160–169 BPMChuck Berry

MusicBrainz collapses 21 recording ids into this one. Recording id 55c25c91-3c31-454b-b010-1d015c99aabc.