Rage Against the Machine · Evil Empire
Snakecharmer
Snakecharmer is in G minor at 136.8 beats per minute.
Tempo
137 BPM · Allegromedian of 131 analyses · 136.8–137.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G minor2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 67%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 131people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 438.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 444.6Hz · +18 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.07dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.949Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.368Essentia'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
131 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 67% — put it in G minor, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 131 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 136.8 BPM one beat lasts 438.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 109.6 ms and a dotted eighth 328.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 68.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 273.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 444.6 Hz, which is 18 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 3.07 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 0.949 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 G 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 G minor
Each of these differs from G 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 137 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1754.4 | 0.57 |
| Half note | 2 | 877.2 | 1.14 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 657.9 | 1.52 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 438.6 | 2.28 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 292.4 | 3.42 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 328.9 | 3.04 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 219.3 | 4.56 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 146.2 | 6.84 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 164.5 | 6.08 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 109.6 | 9.12 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 73.1 | 13.68 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 54.8 | 18.24 |
Half time 68.4 BPM · double time 273.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (438.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear BootsBlack SabbathG minor136BPM
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I–VPink FloydG minor136BPM
- Can I Sit Next to You GirlAC/DCG minor135BPM
- Forgot About DreDr. Dre featuring EminemG minor134BPM
- Love Don’t Live Here AnymoreMadonnaG minor140BPM
- Tryin’EaglesG minor134BPM
- Heart Full of SoulThe YardbirdsG minor141BPM
- My LifeDidoG minor141BPM
- MoondanceMichael BubléG minor141BPM
- Hand of DoomBlack SabbathG minor142BPM
Recordings in G minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 137 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G minorAll songs at 137 BPMG minor at 130–139 BPMRage Against the Machine
MusicBrainz collapses 6 recording ids into this one. Recording id f04430ec-8f7c-4706-9110-6bda0a0eba8e.