Enya · Shepherd Moons
Ebudæ
Ebudæ is in A flat major at 77.6 beats per minute.
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 value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 3092.8 | 0.32 |
| Half note | 2 | 1546.4 | 0.65 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1159.8 | 0.86 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 773.2 | 1.29 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 515.5 | 1.94 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 579.9 | 1.72 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 386.6 | 2.59 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 257.7 | 3.88 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 289.9 | 3.45 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 193.3 | 5.17 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 128.9 | 7.76 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 96.6 | 10.35 |
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
- That’s EnoughRay CharlesA♭ major77BPM
- HunterBjörkA♭ major80BPM
- Love HurtsCherA♭ major80BPM
- Why Should I Cry for You (radio mix)StingA♭ major81BPM
- So BadEminemA♭ major81BPM
- Polynomial-CAphex TwinA♭ major72BPM
- Got Me WrongAlice in ChainsA♭ major84BPM
- Same LoveMacklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary LambertA♭ major85BPM
- Oh LoveGreen DayA♭ major85BPM
- 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.