TempoPeek

Aphex Twin · Drukqs

Gwely Mernans

Gwely Mernans is in C sharp minor at 161.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

162 BPM · Vivacemedian of 127 analyses · 155–161.7 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C♯ minor4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
75%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
127people who ran the extractor
One beat
371.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.07dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.239Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.782Essentia'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

127 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 75% — put it in C sharp minor, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 127 readings; 76% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 155 to 161.7 BPM.

At 161.6 BPM one beat lasts 371.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 92.8 ms and a dotted eighth 278.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 80.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 323.2. A score would mark that Vivace, 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 6.07 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 0.239 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 sharp minor; 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♯ minor

Each of these differs from C♯ minor 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 162 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41485.10.67
Half note2742.61.35
Dotted quarter1.5556.91.8
Quarter note (one beat)1371.32.69
Quarter triplet0.667247.54.04
Dotted eighth0.75278.53.59
Eighth note0.5185.65.39
Eighth triplet0.333123.88.08
Dotted sixteenth0.375139.27.18
Sixteenth note0.2592.810.77
Sixteenth triplet0.16761.916.16
Thirty-second note0.12546.421.55

Half time 80.8 BPM · double time 323.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (371.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. It’s Not Up to YouBjörkC♯ minor162BPM
  2. JadedGreen DayC♯ minor162BPM
  3. Adagio for TRONDaft PunkC♯ minor162BPM
  4. BecauseThe BeatlesC♯ minor163BPM
  5. SummertimeJohn ColtraneC♯ minor163BPM
  6. Like Toy SoldiersEminemC♯ minor164BPM
  7. Them BonesAlice in ChainsC♯ minor164BPM
  8. Sabbra CadabraBlack SabbathC♯ minor164BPM
  9. Big BirdThe B‐52sC♯ minor166BPM
  10. Andy, You’re a StarThe KillersC♯ minor166BPM

Recordings in C sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 162 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C sharp minorAll songs at 162 BPMC♯ minor at 160–169 BPMAphex Twin

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 80521457-4519-4541-83ff-c0b546667c5a.