TempoPeek

David Bowie · Space Oddity

Cygnet Committee

Cygnet Committee is in F major at 132.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

133 BPM · Allegromedian of 263 analyses · 132.7–133 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
263people who ran the extractor
One beat
451.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
442Hz · +8 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.11dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.849Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.021Essentia'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

263 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 263 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 132.8 BPM one beat lasts 451.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 113 ms and a dotted eighth 338.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 66.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 265.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442 Hz, which is 8 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 4.11 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 0.849 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 133 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41807.20.55
Half note2903.61.11
Dotted quarter1.5677.71.48
Quarter note (one beat)1451.82.21
Quarter triplet0.667301.23.32
Dotted eighth0.75338.92.95
Eighth note0.5225.94.43
Eighth triplet0.333150.66.64
Dotted sixteenth0.375169.45.9
Sixteenth note0.251138.85
Sixteenth triplet0.16775.313.28
Thirty-second note0.12556.517.71

Half time 66.4 BPM · double time 265.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (451.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Je lui diraiCéline DionF major133BPM
  2. Don’t Let It Bring You DownNeil YoungF major133BPM
  3. Shapes of ThingsThe YardbirdsF major133BPM
  4. By My SideBen HarperF major133BPM
  5. Money (That's What I Want)Barrett StrongF major133BPM
  6. Spirit in the DarkAretha FranklinF major132BPM
  7. UsCéline DionF major132BPM
  8. HollowBjörkF major132BPM
  9. Strip My MindRed Hot Chili PeppersF major133BPM
  10. The Thin IcePink FloydF major132BPM

Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 133 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F majorAll songs at 133 BPMF major at 130–139 BPMDavid Bowie

MusicBrainz collapses 5 recording ids into this one. Recording id 7b05462d-aedb-4933-a846-af8a4fcfdccc.