TempoPeek

The Beatles · Abbey Road

Octopus’s Garden

Octopus’s Garden is in E major at 92.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

92 BPM · Andantemedian of 367 analyses · 92.2–92.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
89%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
367people who ran the extractor
One beat
650.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
436.2Hz · -15 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.02dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.855Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.206Essentia'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

367 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 89% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 367 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 92.3 BPM one beat lasts 650.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 162.5 ms and a dotted eighth 487.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 46.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 184.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 436.2 Hz, which is 15 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 3.02 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 0.855 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 92 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42600.20.38
Half note21300.10.77
Dotted quarter1.5975.11.03
Quarter note (one beat)1650.11.54
Quarter triplet0.667433.42.31
Dotted eighth0.75487.52.05
Eighth note0.53253.08
Eighth triplet0.333216.74.61
Dotted sixteenth0.375243.84.1
Sixteenth note0.25162.56.15
Sixteenth triplet0.167108.39.23
Thirty-second note0.12581.312.31

Half time 46.2 BPM · double time 184.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (650.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. The Way U Make Me FeelBlack Eyed PeasE major92BPM
  2. Let Me Go3 Doors DownE major92BPM
  3. Stop and StareOneRepublicE major93BPM
  4. Boom ClapCharli XCXE major92BPM
  5. Mellowship Slinky in B majorRed Hot Chili PeppersE major92BPM
  6. “B” Movie Box Car BluesBlues BrothersE major92BPM
  7. Blood, Sex and BoozeGreen DayE major93BPM
  8. ScatteredGreen DayE major92BPM
  9. It GirlJason DeruloE major92BPM
  10. RetraceAnberlinE major93BPM

Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 92 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E majorAll songs at 92 BPME major at 90–99 BPMThe Beatles

MusicBrainz collapses 60 recording ids into this one. Recording id 15127932-c879-466e-b0f8-a1c5022d16e7.