TempoPeek

John Coltrane · Coltrane Plays the Blues

Blues to You

Blues to You is in E flat major at 117.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

117 BPM · Moderatomedian of 188 analyses · 117.3–117.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
188people who ran the extractor
One beat
511.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
436.2Hz · -15 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.23dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.617Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.114Essentia'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

188 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 188 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 117.3 BPM one beat lasts 511.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 127.9 ms and a dotted eighth 383.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 58.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 234.6. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 436.2 Hz, which is 15 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 4.23 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 E flat 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 E♭ major

Each of these differs from E♭ 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 117 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note420460.49
Half note210230.98
Dotted quarter1.5767.31.3
Quarter note (one beat)1511.51.96
Quarter triplet0.6673412.93
Dotted eighth0.75383.62.61
Eighth note0.5255.83.91
Eighth triplet0.333170.55.87
Dotted sixteenth0.375191.85.21
Sixteenth note0.25127.97.82
Sixteenth triplet0.16785.311.73
Thirty-second note0.12563.915.64

Half time 58.7 BPM · double time 234.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (511.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. She’s Always a WomanBilly JoelE♭ major117BPM
  2. Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)Aretha FranklinE♭ major117BPM
  3. Feelin’ SadRay CharlesE♭ major117BPM
  4. Say Say SayMichael Jackson & Paul McCartneyE♭ major118BPM
  5. The More I See YouMichael BubléE♭ major118BPM
  6. No ExcusesAlice in ChainsE♭ major118BPM
  7. One SlipPink FloydE♭ major117BPM
  8. RememberAirE♭ major117BPM
  9. On Bended KneeBoyz II MenE♭ major117BPM
  10. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on SeattleNirvanaE♭ major118BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 117 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 117 BPME♭ major at 110–119 BPMJohn Coltrane

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id c3017dea-fe45-4628-b225-88799801faf5.