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Whispering Pines
Whispering Pines is in C major at 140.1 beats per minute.
Tempo
140 BPM · Allegromedian of 146 analyses · 139.4–140.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 97%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 146people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 428.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.6dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.798Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.057Essentia'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
146 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 146 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 140.1 BPM one beat lasts 428.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 107.1 ms and a dotted eighth 321.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 70.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 280.2. A score would mark that Allegro, 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 3.6 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 0.798 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 C 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 C major
Each of these differs from C 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 140 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1713.1 | 0.58 |
| Half note | 2 | 856.5 | 1.17 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 642.4 | 1.56 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 428.3 | 2.34 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 285.5 | 3.5 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 321.2 | 3.11 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 214.1 | 4.67 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 142.8 | 7.01 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 160.6 | 6.23 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 107.1 | 9.34 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 71.4 | 14.01 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 53.5 | 18.68 |
Half time 70.1 BPM · double time 280.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (428.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- AmazingAerosmithC major140BPM
- Jingle Bell RockNeil DiamondC major140BPM
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- Where Are Ü NowJack Ü with Justin BieberC major140BPM
- Every NightImagine DragonsC major140BPM
- Dr. FeelgoodAretha FranklinC major140BPM
- AngieThe Rolling StonesC major140BPM
- Hard Headed WomanCat StevensC major140BPM
Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 140 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in C majorAll songs at 140 BPMC major at 140–149 BPMThe Band
MusicBrainz collapses 9 recording ids into this one. Recording id 1ca8fcd3-a00c-43e2-8b4e-0b445a4de4cf.