King Crimson · Discipline

Frame by Frame

Frame by Frame is in A major at 155.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

156 BPM · Allegromedian of 150 analyses · 155.6–164.8 across the middle eight tenths
Key
A major3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
78%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
150people who ran the extractor
One beat
385.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.5Hz · -2 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.89dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.713Essentia'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

150 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 78% — put it in A major, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 150 readings; 51% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 155.6 to 164.8 BPM.

At 155.8 BPM one beat lasts 385.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 96.3 ms and a dotted eighth 288.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 77.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 311.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.5 Hz, which is 2 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 2.89 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 0.713 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 A 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 A major

Each of these differs from A 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 156 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41540.40.65
Half note2770.21.3
Dotted quarter1.5577.71.73
Quarter note (one beat)1385.12.6
Quarter triplet0.667256.73.9
Dotted eighth0.75288.83.46
Eighth note0.5192.65.19
Eighth triplet0.333128.47.79
Dotted sixteenth0.375144.46.92
Sixteenth note0.2596.310.39
Sixteenth triplet0.16764.215.58
Thirty-second note0.12548.120.77

Half time 77.9 BPM · double time 311.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (385.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. What Can I DoThe CorrsA major156BPM
  2. Tears in HeavenEric ClaptonA major156BPM
  3. Pearl NecklaceZZ TopA major156BPM
  4. Black Country RockDavid BowieA major156BPM
  5. Breaking BreadJohnny CashA major155BPM
  6. AgainLenny KravitzA major156BPM
  7. Rain KingCounting CrowsA major156BPM
  8. Radio Free EuropeR.E.M.A major155BPM
  9. Rough BoyZZ TopA major157BPM
  10. Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out OfU2A major157BPM

Recordings in A major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 156 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in A majorAll songs at 156 BPMA major at 150–159 BPMKing Crimson

MusicBrainz collapses 57 recording ids into this one. Recording id bdf97518-4b1b-42ac-9d06-77abb4f9588b.