Jefferson Airplane · Volunteers
Volunteers
Volunteers is in C major at 107.4 beats per minute.
Tempo
107 BPM · Andantemedian of 148 analyses · 105.8–107.6 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 87%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 148people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 558.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441.3Hz · +5 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.75dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.827Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.087Essentia'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
148 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 87% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 148 readings; 91% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 105.8 to 107.6 BPM.
At 107.4 BPM one beat lasts 558.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 139.7 ms and a dotted eighth 419 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 53.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 214.8. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.3 Hz, which is 5 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 3.75 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 0.827 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 C 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 C major
Each of these differs from C 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 107 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2234.6 | 0.45 |
| Half note | 2 | 1117.3 | 0.9 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 838 | 1.19 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 558.7 | 1.79 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 372.4 | 2.69 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 419 | 2.39 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 279.3 | 3.58 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 186.2 | 5.37 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 209.5 | 4.77 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 139.7 | 7.16 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 93.1 | 10.74 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 69.8 | 14.32 |
Half time 53.7 BPM · double time 214.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (558.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- The CeltsEnyaC major107BPM
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- Top Gun AnthemHarold Faltermeyer & Steve StevensC major107BPM
- Something He Can FeelAretha FranklinC major107BPM
- Where You LeadCarole KingC major107BPM
- Spirit VoicesPaul SimonC major108BPM
- The MiddleZedd, Maren Morris & GreyC major107BPM
- RainThe BeatlesC major108BPM
- Red MoneyDavid BowieC major108BPM
Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 107 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in C majorAll songs at 107 BPMC major at 100–109 BPMJefferson Airplane
MusicBrainz collapses 53 recording ids into this one. Recording id 3cef5267-a5eb-4f1f-8c6f-2eaa82c60025.