blink‐182 · Cheshire Cat

Strings

Strings is in C major at 130.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

130 BPM · Allegromedian of 170 analyses · 124.4–130.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
94%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
170people who ran the extractor
One beat
460.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
438.7Hz · -5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
1.77dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.884Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.017Essentia'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

170 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 94% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 170 readings; 64% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 124.4 to 130.6 BPM.

At 130.4 BPM one beat lasts 460.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 115 ms and a dotted eighth 345.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 65.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 260.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 438.7 Hz, which is 5 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 1.77 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 0.884 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 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 C major

Each of these differs from C 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 130 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41840.50.54
Half note2920.21.09
Dotted quarter1.5690.21.45
Quarter note (one beat)1460.12.17
Quarter triplet0.667306.73.26
Dotted eighth0.75345.12.9
Eighth note0.5230.14.35
Eighth triplet0.333153.46.52
Dotted sixteenth0.375172.55.8
Sixteenth note0.251158.69
Sixteenth triplet0.16776.713.04
Thirty-second note0.12557.517.39

Half time 65.2 BPM · double time 260.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (460.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Church of the Poison MindCulture ClubC major131BPM
  2. Time After TimeCyndi LauperC major131BPM
  3. Touch and GoThe CarsC major131BPM
  4. Big MeFoo FightersC major131BPM
  5. Fool in the RainLed ZeppelinC major130BPM
  6. Fragments of TimeDaft Punk feat. Todd EdwardsC major130BPM
  7. LuckyJason Mraz feat. Colbie CaillatC major130BPM
  8. Walking in MemphisMarc CohnC major130BPM
  9. Sneaky FeelingsElvis CostelloC major130BPM
  10. Above and BeyondPaul DinletirC major130BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 130 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 130 BPMC major at 130–139 BPMblink‐182

MusicBrainz collapses 2 recording ids into this one. Recording id 62e357dc-9400-4ac7-8e00-423abee6e99f.