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Céline Dion · These Are Special Times

Ave Maria

Ave Maria is in G major at 154.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

154 BPM · Allegromedian of 140 analyses · 154.3–154.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
140people who ran the extractor
One beat
388.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.2Hz · -3 cents from A 440
Dynamics
7.87dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.008Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.844Essentia'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

140 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 140 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 154.3 BPM one beat lasts 388.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 97.2 ms and a dotted eighth 291.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 77.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 308.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.2 Hz, which is 3 cents below 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 7.87 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 0.008 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 154 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41555.40.64
Half note2777.71.29
Dotted quarter1.5583.31.71
Quarter note (one beat)1388.92.57
Quarter triplet0.667259.23.86
Dotted eighth0.75291.63.43
Eighth note0.5194.45.14
Eighth triplet0.333129.67.72
Dotted sixteenth0.375145.86.86
Sixteenth note0.2597.210.29
Sixteenth triplet0.16764.815.43
Thirty-second note0.12548.620.57

Half time 77.2 BPM · double time 308.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (388.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

The same title by somebody else

  1. Ave MariaBeyoncéB major70BPM

Matched on the title alone, so this list can hold a different song that happens to share a name. Nothing here claims one is a cover of the other.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Chelsea DaggerThe FratellisG major154BPM
  2. You Upset Me BabyB.B. KingG major154BPM
  3. John, I’m Only DancingDavid BowieG major154BPM
  4. Live and Let DieWingsG major154BPM
  5. You and MeAretha FranklinG major155BPM
  6. On My MindEllie GouldingG major155BPM
  7. E‐Bow the LetterR.E.M.G major155BPM
  8. PromisesEric ClaptonG major155BPM
  9. Thank YouLed ZeppelinG major155BPM
  10. I Need to KnowTom Petty and the HeartbreakersG major154BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 154 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 154 BPMG major at 150–159 BPMCéline Dion

MusicBrainz collapses 5 recording ids into this one. Recording id 895324c2-4df2-4819-8fa0-b51c5c359093.