Björk · Vespertine

Harm of Will

Harm of Will is in F sharp major at 117.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

117 BPM · Moderatomedian of 135 analyses · 113.9–126 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F♯ major6 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
52%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
135people who ran the extractor
One beat
511.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
442.3Hz · +9 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.07dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.039Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.842Essentia'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

135 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 52% — put it in F sharp major, a key signature of 6 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 135 readings; 23% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 113.9 to 126 BPM. That is a recording the detector cannot settle on — the readings are spread far enough that the median is a summary of a disagreement rather than a measurement anybody should trust to the decimal.

At 117.3 BPM one beat lasts 511.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 127.9 ms and a dotted eighth 383.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 58.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 234.6. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.3 Hz, which is 9 cents above 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 0.039 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 F sharp 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 F♯ major

Each of these differs from F♯ 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 117 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note420460.49
Half note210230.98
Dotted quarter1.5767.31.3
Quarter note (one beat)1511.51.96
Quarter triplet0.6673412.93
Dotted eighth0.75383.62.61
Eighth note0.5255.83.91
Eighth triplet0.333170.55.87
Dotted sixteenth0.375191.85.21
Sixteenth note0.25127.97.82
Sixteenth triplet0.16785.311.73
Thirty-second note0.12563.915.64

Half time 58.7 BPM · double time 234.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (511.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Little WingStevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleF♯ major117BPM
  2. All These Things That I’ve DoneThe KillersF♯ major118BPM
  3. A Murder of OneCounting CrowsF♯ major116BPM
  4. What You NeedINXSF♯ major116BPM
  5. Same Old SceneRoxy MusicF♯ major119BPM
  6. SailAWOLNATIONF♯ major119BPM
  7. Off the WallMichael JacksonF♯ major119BPM
  8. How Will I KnowWhitney HoustonF♯ major120BPM
  9. AnimalDef LeppardF♯ major120BPM
  10. Piece of MeBritney SpearsF♯ major115BPM

Recordings in F sharp major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 117 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F sharp majorAll songs at 117 BPMF♯ major at 110–119 BPMBjörk

MusicBrainz collapses 20 recording ids into this one. Recording id 9d9b1536-28ba-46c5-b794-262abc32208b.