Howlin’ Wolf · Moanin’ in the Moonlight
How Many More Years
How Many More Years is in G major at 109.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
110 BPM · Moderatomedian of 170 analyses · 93.1–110.5 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 74%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 170people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 546milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 433.2Hz · -27 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 2.6dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.932Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.147Essentia'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. A bare majority of them — 74% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 170 readings; 85% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 93.1 to 110.5 BPM.
At 109.9 BPM one beat lasts 546 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 136.5 ms and a dotted eighth 409.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 55 BPM, counted twice as fast 219.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 433.2 Hz, which is 27 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 2.6 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 0.932 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 110 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2183.8 | 0.46 |
| Half note | 2 | 1091.9 | 0.92 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 818.9 | 1.22 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 546 | 1.83 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 364 | 2.75 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 409.5 | 2.44 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 273 | 3.66 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 182 | 5.5 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 204.7 | 4.88 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 136.5 | 7.33 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 91 | 10.99 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 68.2 | 14.65 |
Half time 55 BPM · double time 219.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (546 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- The Disco StranglerEaglesG major110BPM
- I Want CandyBow Wow WowG major110BPM
- With or Without You2CELLOSG major110BPM
- Two of UsThe BeatlesG major110BPM
- Turtle BluesBig Brother & the Holding CompanyG major110BPM
- Tombstone ShadowCreedence Clearwater RevivalG major110BPM
- Lovers in Japan / Reign of LoveColdplayG major110BPM
- Trip Through Your WiresU2G major110BPM
- Tombstone ShadowCreedence Clearwater RevisitedG major110BPM
- Bob Dylan’s DreamBob DylanG major110BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 110 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 110 BPMG major at 100–109 BPMHowlin’ Wolf
MusicBrainz collapses 44 recording ids into this one. Recording id f04ef43a-a9f6-495e-83a0-ee58f6542eff.