TempoPeek

Crosby, Stills & Nash · CSN

Cathedral

Cathedral is in F sharp major at 139.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

139 BPM · Allegromedian of 149 analyses · 136.4–139.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F♯ major6 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
149people who ran the extractor
One beat
431.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
8.87dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.07Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.162Essentia'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

149 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in F sharp major, a key signature of 6 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 149 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 136.4 to 139.3 BPM.

At 139.1 BPM one beat lasts 431.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 107.8 ms and a dotted eighth 323.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 69.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 278.2. A score would mark that Allegro, 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 8.87 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 0.07 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 sharp 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 F♯ major

Each of these differs from F♯ 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 139 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41725.40.58
Half note2862.71.16
Dotted quarter1.56471.55
Quarter note (one beat)1431.32.32
Quarter triplet0.667287.63.48
Dotted eighth0.75323.53.09
Eighth note0.5215.74.64
Eighth triplet0.333143.86.96
Dotted sixteenth0.375161.86.18
Sixteenth note0.25107.89.27
Sixteenth triplet0.16771.913.91
Thirty-second note0.12553.918.55

Half time 69.6 BPM · double time 278.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (431.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. I Finally Found SomeoneBarbra Streisand and Bryan AdamsF♯ major139BPM
  2. Have You Ever Been in LoveCéline DionF♯ major138BPM
  3. Too MuchDrake feat. SamphaF♯ major140BPM
  4. Sous le ventGarou en duo avec Céline DionF♯ major141BPM
  5. Right as RainAdeleF♯ major137BPM
  6. Tell It Like It T‐I‐IsThe B‐52’sF♯ major137BPM
  7. FirestarterProdigyF♯ major142BPM
  8. Little WingThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceF♯ major143BPM
  9. Is There Somebody Who Can Watch YouThe 1975F♯ major144BPM
  10. E chiove (And It Rains)Andrea BocelliF♯ major144BPM

Recordings in F sharp major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 139 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F sharp majorAll songs at 139 BPMF♯ major at 130–139 BPMCrosby, Stills & Nash

MusicBrainz collapses 11 recording ids into this one. Recording id e10bd146-9595-4d94-999c-f66edcb799f3.