70–79 BPM · Andante
Songs at 78 BPM
One beat
769.2 ms60,000 ÷ 78- Recordings
- 23at this whole tempo
- Half time
- 39BPM
- Double time
- 156BPM
- Most used key
- B♭ minor4 recordings
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.
23 recordings on this site sit at 78 beats per minute once each one's analyses are reduced to their median. A score would call that Andante, by the ranges printed on the data page.
One beat lasts 769.2 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 384.6 ms, a dotted eighth 576.9 ms and a sixteenth 192.3 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.
Half time is 39 BPM and double time is 156; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.
4 of them are in B flat minor, more than any other key at this tempo.
Delay times at 78 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 3076.9 | 0.32 |
| Half note | 2 | 1538.5 | 0.65 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1153.8 | 0.87 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 769.2 | 1.3 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 512.8 | 1.95 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 576.9 | 1.73 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 384.6 | 2.6 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 256.4 | 3.9 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 288.5 | 3.47 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 192.3 | 5.2 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 128.2 | 7.8 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 96.2 | 10.4 |
78 BPM, key by key
- B♭ minor4
- G major3
- E major3
- D major2
- F major2
- B minor2
- C major1
- D♭ major1
- A♭ major1
- E♭ major1
- F♯ minor1
- G minor1
- D minor1
Each key links to its list at this tempo band (70–79 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.
The recordings
- Bring the Boys Back HomePink FloydC major78BPM
- After the Thrill Is GoneEaglesG major78BPM
- Kissing a FoolGeorge MichaelD major78BPM
- ShiverColdplayE major78BPM
- Art DecadeDavid BowieE major78BPM
- (Night Time Is) The Right TimeRay CharlesE♭ major78BPM
- Crunch TimeJ. ColeB♭ minor78BPM
- Certainly (Flipped It)Erykah BaduB♭ minor78BPM
- Jealous GuyRoxy MusicG major78BPM
- There’s a WorldNeil YoungD minor78BPM
- Blue ChristmasAndrea Bocelli feat. Reba McEntireB♭ minor78BPM
- Look After YouThe FrayD major78BPM
- NaNaChance the Rapper feat. Action BronsonD♭ major78BPM
- EbudæEnyaA♭ major78BPM
- Passenger SeatDeath Cab for CutieG major78BPM
- Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)Ella FitzgeraldF major78BPM
- Up All NightDrake feat. Nicki MinajE major78BPM
- DisappearBeyoncéF major78BPM
- OblivionGrimesF♯ minor78BPM
- Darling NikkiPrince and The RevolutionB minor78BPM
- SoldierDestiny’s Child feat. T.I. & Lil WayneB minor78BPM
- EgoBeyoncéB♭ minor78BPM
- The GrudgeToolG minor78BPM
Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 78 BPM, most analysed first. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.