TempoPeek

Ray Charles · The Great Ray Charles

Doodlin’

Doodlin’ is in F sharp major at 108.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

108 BPM · Moderatomedian of 188 analyses · 108.4–108.7 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F♯ major6 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
188people who ran the extractor
One beat
553.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
442Hz · +8 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.7dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.072Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.153Essentia'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

188 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in F sharp major, a key signature of 6 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 188 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 108.4 BPM one beat lasts 553.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 138.4 ms and a dotted eighth 415.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 54.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 216.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442 Hz, which is 8 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 5.7 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 0.072 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 sharp 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 108 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note422140.45
Half note211070.9
Dotted quarter1.5830.31.2
Quarter note (one beat)1553.51.81
Quarter triplet0.6673692.71
Dotted eighth0.75415.12.41
Eighth note0.5276.83.61
Eighth triplet0.333184.55.42
Dotted sixteenth0.375207.64.82
Sixteenth note0.25138.47.23
Sixteenth triplet0.16792.310.84
Thirty-second note0.12569.214.45

Half time 54.2 BPM · double time 216.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (553.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. WarEdwin StarrF♯ major109BPM
  2. The Sound of SilenceSimon & GarfunkelF♯ major107BPM
  3. Beautiful DisasterKelly ClarksonF♯ major107BPM
  4. Garden of EdenGuns N’ RosesF♯ major107BPM
  5. Rats in the CellarAerosmithF♯ major112BPM
  6. Man on the CornerGenesisF♯ major112BPM
  7. InkColdplayF♯ major112BPM
  8. Everyday Is a Winding RoadSheryl CrowF♯ major113BPM
  9. Only Wanna Be With YouHootie & the BlowfishF♯ major104BPM
  10. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable NowThe SmithsF♯ major114BPM

Recordings in F sharp major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 108 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F sharp majorAll songs at 108 BPMF♯ major at 100–109 BPMRay Charles

MusicBrainz collapses 20 recording ids into this one. Recording id 7a61358a-2166-4433-aa4b-50ebd74290ab.