Enya · Shepherd Moons

Ebudæ

Ebudæ is in A flat major at 77.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

78 BPM · Andantemedian of 152 analyses · 77.4–77.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
A♭ major4 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
98%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
152people who ran the extractor
One beat
773.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.9Hz · -0.5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.49dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.483Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.991Essentia'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

152 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 98% — put it in A flat major, a key signature of 4 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 152 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 77.6 BPM one beat lasts 773.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 193.3 ms and a dotted eighth 579.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 38.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 155.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.9 Hz, which is 0.5 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 4.49 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 0.483 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 A 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 A♭ major

Each of these differs from A♭ 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 78 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note43092.80.32
Half note21546.40.65
Dotted quarter1.51159.80.86
Quarter note (one beat)1773.21.29
Quarter triplet0.667515.51.94
Dotted eighth0.75579.91.72
Eighth note0.5386.62.59
Eighth triplet0.333257.73.88
Dotted sixteenth0.375289.93.45
Sixteenth note0.25193.35.17
Sixteenth triplet0.167128.97.76
Thirty-second note0.12596.610.35

Half time 38.8 BPM · double time 155.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (773.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. That’s EnoughRay CharlesA♭ major77BPM
  2. HunterBjörkA♭ major80BPM
  3. Love HurtsCherA♭ major80BPM
  4. Why Should I Cry for You (radio mix)StingA♭ major81BPM
  5. So BadEminemA♭ major81BPM
  6. Polynomial-CAphex TwinA♭ major72BPM
  7. Got Me WrongAlice in ChainsA♭ major84BPM
  8. Same LoveMacklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary LambertA♭ major85BPM
  9. Oh LoveGreen DayA♭ major85BPM
  10. When I Fall in LoveCéline Dion & Clive GriffinA♭ major70BPM

Recordings in A flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 78 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in A flat majorAll songs at 78 BPMEnya

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id c8c986c5-4220-4879-b840-cbcb2462889d.