Enya · Watermark
Watermark
Watermark is in F major at 136.4 beats per minute.
Tempo
136 BPM · Allegromedian of 232 analyses · 129.1–139.7 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 94%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 232people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 439.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 438.7Hz · -5 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.94dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.42Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.932Essentia'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
232 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 94% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 232 readings; 39% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 129.1 to 139.7 BPM.
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 438.7 Hz, which is 5 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 4.94 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 0.42 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 F 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 F major
Each of these differs from F 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
- The Greeks Don’t Want No FreaksEaglesF major136BPM
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- Tunnel of LoveDire StraitsF major137BPM
- Adam’s Songblink‐182F major136BPM
- For YouBruce SpringsteenF major137BPM
- Fool to CryThe Rolling StonesF major136BPM
- TalkKhalid & DisclosureF major136BPM
- Point of Know ReturnKansasF major136BPM
Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 136 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in F majorAll songs at 136 BPMF major at 130–139 BPMEnya
MusicBrainz collapses 6 recording ids into this one. Recording id 6e686d11-0191-4021-9bb7-a46535709ca4.