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La Bayamesa
La Bayamesa is in E flat major at 164.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
165 BPM · Vivacemedian of 152 analyses · 164.6–165.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 97%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 152people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 363.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 440Hz · 0 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5.39dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.567Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.003Essentia'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
152 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 152 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 164.9 BPM one beat lasts 363.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 91 ms and a dotted eighth 272.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 82.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 329.8. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440 Hz, which is 0 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 5.39 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 0.567 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 E flat 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 E♭ major
Each of these differs from E♭ 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 165 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1455.4 | 0.69 |
| Half note | 2 | 727.7 | 1.37 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 545.8 | 1.83 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 363.9 | 2.75 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 242.6 | 4.12 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 272.9 | 3.66 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 181.9 | 5.5 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 121.3 | 8.25 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 136.4 | 7.33 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 91 | 10.99 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 60.6 | 16.49 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 45.5 | 21.99 |
Half time 82.5 BPM · double time 329.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (363.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Rock & Roll MusicChuck BerryE♭ major165BPM
- Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & GarfunkelE♭ major165BPM
- TodaySmashing PumpkinsE♭ major165BPM
- River Deep - Mountain HighIke & Tina TurnerE♭ major165BPM
- Life for RentDidoE♭ major166BPM
- LandslideSmashing PumpkinsE♭ major166BPM
- In the GalleryDire StraitsE♭ major164BPM
- You’re BeautifulJames BluntE♭ major164BPM
- Let’s Get It OnMarvin GayeE♭ major166BPM
- The Longest TimeBilly JoelE♭ major166BPM
Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 165 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 165 BPME♭ major at 160–169 BPMBuena Vista Social Club
MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 93eb6045-fc56-4e71-8577-583fcbd31e60.