Elton John · Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Grey Seal
Grey Seal is in G major at 136.4 beats per minute.
Tempo
136 BPM · Allegromedian of 162 analyses · 136.1–136.5 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 49%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 162people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 439.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 436.5Hz · -14 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5.05dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.806Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.119Essentia'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
162 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 49% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 162 readings; 87% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 136.4 BPM one beat lasts 439.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 110 ms and a dotted eighth 329.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 68.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 272.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 436.5 Hz, which is 14 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 5.05 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 0.806 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 136 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1759.5 | 0.57 |
| Half note | 2 | 879.8 | 1.14 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 659.8 | 1.52 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 439.9 | 2.27 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 293.3 | 3.41 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 329.9 | 3.03 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 219.9 | 4.55 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 146.6 | 6.82 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 165 | 6.06 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 110 | 9.09 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 73.3 | 13.64 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 55 | 18.19 |
Half time 68.2 BPM · double time 272.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (439.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Dedicated to the One I LoveThe Mamas & the PapasG major137BPM
- Uncle John’s BandGrateful DeadG major137BPM
- Got to Get You Into My LifeThe BeatlesG major137BPM
- Cherche encoreCéline DionG major136BPM
- Father and SonCat StevensG major136BPM
- From This Moment OnShania Twain feat. Bryan WhiteG major136BPM
- The Boy in the BubblePaul SimonG major136BPM
- All Day and All of the NightThe KinksG major137BPM
- Hold OnGreen DayG major136BPM
- Morning GloryOasisG major137BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 136 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 136 BPMG major at 130–139 BPMElton John
MusicBrainz collapses 11 recording ids into this one. Recording id 325eb5d5-970a-441d-9a9f-07b3f0327616.