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Mine

Mine is in E major at 74.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

75 BPM · Adagiomedian of 143 analyses · 74.8–74.8 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
98%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
143people who ran the extractor
One beat
802.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441Hz · +4 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.74dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.64Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.064Essentia'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

143 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 98% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 143 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 74.8 BPM one beat lasts 802.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 200.5 ms and a dotted eighth 601.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 37.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 149.6. A score would mark that Adagio, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441 Hz, which is 4 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 6.74 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 0.64 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 E 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 E major

Each of these differs from E 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 75 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note43208.60.31
Half note21604.30.62
Dotted quarter1.51203.20.83
Quarter note (one beat)1802.11.25
Quarter triplet0.667534.81.87
Dotted eighth0.75601.61.66
Eighth note0.5401.12.49
Eighth triplet0.333267.43.74
Dotted sixteenth0.375300.83.32
Sixteenth note0.25200.54.99
Sixteenth triplet0.167133.77.48
Thirty-second note0.125100.39.97

Half time 37.4 BPM · double time 149.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (802.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. The TouristRadioheadE major76BPM
  2. Just Like a WomanBob DylanE major77BPM
  3. T-ShirtDestiny’s ChildE major72BPM
  4. ShiverColdplayE major78BPM
  5. Up All NightDrake feat. Nicki MinajE major78BPM
  6. Art DecadeDavid BowieE major78BPM
  7. Brothers in ArmsDire StraitsE major79BPM
  8. GoodbyeAlicia KeysE major70BPM
  9. Good Ass IntroChance the Rapper feat. BJ the Chicago Kid, Lili K., Kiara Lanier, Peter Cottontale, Will for The O'mys & JP Floyd for Kids These DaysE major80BPM
  10. ParabolToolE major80BPM

Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 75 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E majorAll songs at 75 BPME major at 70–79 BPMThe 1975

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 74162d93-395c-4d26-a75d-71cd1a37760d.