Dire Straits · Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms is in E major at 79.2 beats per minute.
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 value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 3030.3 | 0.33 |
| Half note | 2 | 1515.2 | 0.66 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1136.4 | 0.88 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 757.6 | 1.32 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 505.1 | 1.98 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 568.2 | 1.76 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 378.8 | 2.64 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 252.5 | 3.96 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 284.1 | 3.52 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 189.4 | 5.28 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 126.3 | 7.92 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 94.7 | 10.56 |
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
- 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
- ParabolToolE major80BPM
- I’m a BelieverNeil DiamondE major80BPM
- We Can’t StopMiley CyrusE major80BPM
- ThankyouDidoE major80BPM
- 4 Leaf CloverErykah BaduE major80BPM
- Art DecadeDavid BowieE major78BPM
- ShiverColdplayE major78BPM
- Up All NightDrake feat. Nicki MinajE major78BPM
- 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.