Dire Straits · Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms is in E major at 79.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

79 BPM · Andantemedian of 321 analyses · 79.1–79.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
80%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
321people who ran the extractor
One beat
757.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.5Hz · -2 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.89dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.268Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.965Essentia'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

321 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 80% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 321 readings; 90% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 79.2 BPM one beat lasts 757.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 189.4 ms and a dotted eighth 568.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 39.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 158.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.5 Hz, which is 2 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 6.89 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 0.268 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 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 79 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note43030.30.33
Half note21515.20.66
Dotted quarter1.51136.40.88
Quarter note (one beat)1757.61.32
Quarter triplet0.667505.11.98
Dotted eighth0.75568.21.76
Eighth note0.5378.82.64
Eighth triplet0.333252.53.96
Dotted sixteenth0.375284.13.52
Sixteenth note0.25189.45.28
Sixteenth triplet0.167126.37.92
Thirty-second note0.12594.710.56

Half time 39.6 BPM · double time 158.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (757.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Good Ass IntroChance the Rapper feat. BJ the Chicago Kid, Lili K., Kiara Lanier, Peter Cottontale, Will for The O'mys & JP Floyd for Kids These DaysE major80BPM
  2. ParabolToolE major80BPM
  3. I’m a BelieverNeil DiamondE major80BPM
  4. We Can’t StopMiley CyrusE major80BPM
  5. ThankyouDidoE major80BPM
  6. 4 Leaf CloverErykah BaduE major80BPM
  7. Art DecadeDavid BowieE major78BPM
  8. ShiverColdplayE major78BPM
  9. Up All NightDrake feat. Nicki MinajE major78BPM
  10. Just Like a WomanBob DylanE major77BPM

Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 79 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E majorAll songs at 79 BPME major at 70–79 BPMDire Straits

MusicBrainz collapses 66 recording ids into this one. Recording id 00e80381-2362-485c-aa47-942ff63f0ac0.