TempoPeek

Björk · Medúlla

Öll birtan

Öll birtan is in G major at 72 beats per minute.

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Tempo

72 BPM · Adagiomedian of 148 analyses · 71.9–72 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
97%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
148people who ran the extractor
One beat
833.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
449Hz · +35 cents from A 440
Dynamics
8.45dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.714Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.919Essentia'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

148 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 148 readings; 97% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 72 BPM one beat lasts 833.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 208.3 ms and a dotted eighth 625 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 36 BPM, counted twice as fast 144. A score would mark that Adagio, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 449 Hz, which is 35 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 8.45 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 0.714 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 G 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 G major

Each of these differs from G 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 72 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note43333.30.3
Half note21666.70.6
Dotted quarter1.512500.8
Quarter note (one beat)1833.31.2
Quarter triplet0.667555.61.8
Dotted eighth0.756251.6
Eighth note0.5416.72.4
Eighth triplet0.333277.83.6
Dotted sixteenth0.375312.53.2
Sixteenth note0.25208.34.8
Sixteenth triplet0.167138.97.2
Thirty-second note0.125104.29.6

Half time 36 BPM · double time 144 BPM. Every row is one beat (833.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Jesus Just Left ChicagoZZ TopG major72BPM
  2. PortiaMiles DavisG major75BPM
  3. O Come All Ye FaithfulNeil DiamondG major75BPM
  4. Waiting for the WormsPink FloydG major76BPM
  5. Up in FlamesColdplayG major76BPM
  6. After the Thrill Is GoneEaglesG major78BPM
  7. Jealous GuyRoxy MusicG major78BPM
  8. Passenger SeatDeath Cab for CutieG major78BPM
  9. End of a CenturyBlurG major80BPM
  10. Sullivan StreetCounting CrowsG major81BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 72 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorG major at 70–79 BPMBjörk

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 9632c30e-49c7-4282-8910-6d7919c5e8fd.