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Brass in Pocket

Brass in Pocket is in A major at 98.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

98 BPM · Andantemedian of 153 analyses · 98.1–98.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
A major3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
92%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
153people who ran the extractor
One beat
609.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
444.3Hz · +17 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.62dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.906Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.256Essentia'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

153 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 92% — put it in A major, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 153 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 98.4 BPM one beat lasts 609.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 152.4 ms and a dotted eighth 457.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 49.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 196.8. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 444.3 Hz, which is 17 cents above 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 4.62 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 0.906 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 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 98 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note424390.41
Half note21219.50.82
Dotted quarter1.5914.61.09
Quarter note (one beat)1609.81.64
Quarter triplet0.667406.52.46
Dotted eighth0.75457.32.19
Eighth note0.5304.93.28
Eighth triplet0.333203.34.92
Dotted sixteenth0.375228.74.37
Sixteenth note0.25152.46.56
Sixteenth triplet0.167101.69.84
Thirty-second note0.12576.213.12

Half time 49.2 BPM · double time 196.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (609.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Walking in Your FootstepsThe PoliceA major98BPM
  2. TonightDavid BowieA major99BPM
  3. To FranceMike OldfieldA major98BPM
  4. Whipping PostThe Allman Brothers BandA major98BPM
  5. And You Tell Mea‐haA major98BPM
  6. When the Music’s OverThe DoorsA major99BPM
  7. Is It True?EaglesA major99BPM
  8. Catholic School Girls RuleThe Red Hot Chili PeppersA major98BPM
  9. I Want It That WayBackstreet BoysA major99BPM
  10. Never Gonna Say I’m SorryAce of BaseA major99BPM

Recordings in A major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 98 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in A majorAll songs at 98 BPMA major at 90–99 BPMPretenders

MusicBrainz collapses 17 recording ids into this one. Recording id 8c643753-9f88-4e99-b191-2548299f7286.