TempoPeek

John Coltrane · Coltrane Jazz

My Shining Hour

My Shining Hour is in C major at 112.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

113 BPM · Moderatomedian of 194 analyses · 112.5–112.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
194people who ran the extractor
One beat
532.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
437.2Hz · -11 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.12dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.782Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.229Essentia'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

194 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 194 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 112.6 BPM one beat lasts 532.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 133.2 ms and a dotted eighth 399.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 56.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 225.2. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437.2 Hz, which is 11 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 4.12 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 0.782 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 C 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 C major

Each of these differs from C 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 113 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42131.40.47
Half note21065.70.94
Dotted quarter1.5799.31.25
Quarter note (one beat)1532.91.88
Quarter triplet0.667355.22.82
Dotted eighth0.75399.62.5
Eighth note0.5266.43.75
Eighth triplet0.333177.65.63
Dotted sixteenth0.375199.85
Sixteenth note0.25133.27.51
Sixteenth triplet0.16788.811.26
Thirty-second note0.12566.615.01

Half time 56.3 BPM · double time 225.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (532.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. I’m Your AngelCéline Dion duet with R. KellyC major113BPM
  2. These Are the Days of Our LivesQueenC major113BPM
  3. FallingFlorence + the MachineC major113BPM
  4. I’ll Tumble 4 YaCulture ClubC major112BPM
  5. Hats Off to (Roy) HarperLed ZeppelinC major113BPM
  6. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part 1: EntranceNick MasonC major113BPM
  7. Wrote a Song for EveryoneCreedence Clearwater RevivalC major113BPM
  8. HatefulThe ClashC major113BPM
  9. Walking AloneGreen DayC major113BPM
  10. MistakesAndra DayC major113BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 113 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 113 BPMC major at 110–119 BPMJohn Coltrane

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 5cf9e495-23c5-4050-af04-3d530e220819.