Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band · Trout Mask Replica

Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish

Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish is in F major at 101.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

101 BPM · Andantemedian of 161 analyses · 101–101.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
96%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
161people who ran the extractor
One beat
593.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441Hz · +4 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.22dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.617Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.287Essentia'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

161 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 96% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 161 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 101.1 BPM one beat lasts 593.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 148.4 ms and a dotted eighth 445.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 50.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 202.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441 Hz, which is 4 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 4.22 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 0.617 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 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 101 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42373.90.42
Half note21186.90.84
Dotted quarter1.5890.21.12
Quarter note (one beat)1593.51.69
Quarter triplet0.667395.62.53
Dotted eighth0.75445.12.25
Eighth note0.5296.73.37
Eighth triplet0.333197.85.06
Dotted sixteenth0.375222.64.49
Sixteenth note0.25148.46.74
Sixteenth triplet0.16798.910.11
Thirty-second note0.12574.213.48

Half time 50.6 BPM · double time 202.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (593.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. It’s Only LoveBryan Adams with Tina TurnerF major101BPM
  2. Right Next to the Right OneCéline DionF major101BPM
  3. RunawayThe CorrsF major101BPM
  4. StarmanDavid BowieF major101BPM
  5. Suck My KissRed Hot Chili PeppersF major102BPM
  6. For the First Time in Forever (from “Frozen” soundtrack version)Kristen Bell & Idina MenzelF major102BPM
  7. OverDrakeF major101BPM
  8. Florida KilosLana Del ReyF major101BPM
  9. AeroplaneRed Hot Chili PeppersF major102BPM
  10. Glory & ConsequenceBen HarperF major102BPM

Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 101 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F majorAll songs at 101 BPMF major at 100–109 BPMCaptain Beefheart & His Magic Band

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 6b8142bc-e815-48ec-8373-8453b71f8a8a.