TempoPeek

The Beatles · 1962-1966 1967-1970

The Fool On The Hill

The Fool On The Hill is in D major at 144.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

144 BPM · Allegromedian of 246 analyses · 143.9–144.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
95%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
246people who ran the extractor
One beat
416.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
438Hz · -8 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.23dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.469Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.976Essentia'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

246 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 95% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 246 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 144.1 BPM one beat lasts 416.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 104.1 ms and a dotted eighth 312.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 72.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 288.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 438 Hz, which is 8 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 4.23 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 0.469 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 D 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 D major

Each of these differs from D 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 144 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41665.50.6
Half note2832.81.2
Dotted quarter1.5624.61.6
Quarter note (one beat)1416.42.4
Quarter triplet0.667277.63.6
Dotted eighth0.75312.33.2
Eighth note0.5208.24.8
Eighth triplet0.333138.87.21
Dotted sixteenth0.375156.16.4
Sixteenth note0.25104.19.61
Sixteenth triplet0.16769.414.41
Thirty-second note0.1255219.21

Half time 72.1 BPM · double time 288.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (416.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Up on Cripple CreekThe BandD major144BPM
  2. Moonage DaydreamDavid BowieD major144BPM
  3. Find the RiverR.E.M.D major144BPM
  4. But I Might Die TonightCat StevensD major144BPM
  5. Us and ThemPink FloydD major144BPM
  6. Mint CarThe CureD major144BPM
  7. A Groovy Kind of LovePhil CollinsD major144BPM
  8. BeautyMeat PuppetsD major144BPM
  9. Burning LoveElvis PresleyD major144BPM
  10. LavaThe B‐52sD major144BPM

Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 144 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in D majorAll songs at 144 BPMD major at 140–149 BPMThe Beatles

MusicBrainz collapses 47 recording ids into this one. Recording id 9a42a834-e258-4b05-af58-d71da0f84c0b.