TempoPeek

Pink Floyd · A Momentary Lapse of Reason

The Dogs of War

The Dogs of War is in F minor at 86 beats per minute.

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Tempo

86 BPM · Andantemedian of 230 analyses · 85.9–129.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F minor4 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
93%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
230people who ran the extractor
One beat
697.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.3dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.617Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.99Essentia'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

230 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 93% — put it in F minor, a key signature of 4 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 230 readings; 78% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 85.9 to 129.2 BPM.

At 86 BPM one beat lasts 697.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 174.4 ms and a dotted eighth 523.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 43 BPM, counted twice as fast 172. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 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 4.3 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 0.617 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 minor; 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 minor

Each of these differs from F minor 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 86 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42790.70.36
Half note21395.30.72
Dotted quarter1.51046.50.96
Quarter note (one beat)1697.71.43
Quarter triplet0.667465.12.15
Dotted eighth0.75523.31.91
Eighth note0.5348.82.87
Eighth triplet0.333232.64.3
Dotted sixteenth0.375261.63.82
Sixteenth note0.25174.45.73
Sixteenth triplet0.167116.38.6
Thirty-second note0.12587.211.47

Half time 43 BPM · double time 172 BPM. Every row is one beat (697.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Army of MeBjörkF minor86BPM
  2. Megalithic SymphonyAWOLNATIONF minor86BPM
  3. So Into YouAtlanta Rhythm SectionF minor86BPM
  4. Don’t Push Me50 Cent feat. Lloyd Banks of G Unit & EminemF minor86BPM
  5. MotoneuronPaul DinletirF minor85BPM
  6. Run This TownJay‐Z + Rihanna + Kanye WestF minor87BPM
  7. Scentless ApprenticeNirvanaF minor85BPM
  8. The LifeAlicia KeysF minor85BPM
  9. Weenie BeenieFoo FightersF minor87BPM
  10. XxplosiveDr. DreF minor84BPM

Recordings in F minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 86 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F minorAll songs at 86 BPMF minor at 80–89 BPMPink Floyd

MusicBrainz collapses 42 recording ids into this one. Recording id 2e0dc4ec-c62f-411b-8d27-1c58b7a59b99.