Led Zeppelin · Physical Graffiti

Kashmir

Kashmir is in D minor at 163.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

163 BPM · Vivacemedian of 328 analyses · 155.7–163.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
D minor1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
75%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
328people who ran the extractor
One beat
367.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
440.3Hz · +1 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.61dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.528Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.123Essentia'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

328 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 75% — put it in D minor, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 328 readings; 90% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 155.7 to 163.4 BPM.

At 163.4 BPM one beat lasts 367.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 91.8 ms and a dotted eighth 275.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 81.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 326.8. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.3 Hz, which is 1 cents above 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 3.61 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 0.528 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 D minor; 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 D minor

Each of these differs from D minor 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 163 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41468.80.68
Half note2734.41.36
Dotted quarter1.5550.81.82
Quarter note (one beat)1367.22.72
Quarter triplet0.667244.84.09
Dotted eighth0.75275.43.63
Eighth note0.5183.65.45
Eighth triplet0.333122.48.17
Dotted sixteenth0.375137.77.26
Sixteenth note0.2591.810.89
Sixteenth triplet0.16761.216.34
Thirty-second note0.12545.921.79

Half time 81.7 BPM · double time 326.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (367.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. The Thunder RollsGarth BrooksD minor163BPM
  2. Changes3 Doors DownD minor163BPM
  3. Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicThe PoliceD minor164BPM
  4. Southern ManNeil YoungD minor163BPM
  5. Have It AllFoo FightersD minor164BPM
  6. Kicked in the TeethAC/DCD minor163BPM
  7. Help MeJoni MitchellD minor164BPM
  8. Give Me Back My ManThe B‐52sD minor162BPM
  9. Chan ChanBuena Vista Social ClubD minor165BPM
  10. Come TogetherThe BeatlesD minor165BPM

Recordings in D minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 163 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in D minorAll songs at 163 BPMD minor at 160–169 BPMLed Zeppelin

MusicBrainz collapses 380 recording ids into this one. Recording id 9c08d02d-5e49-4ef9-b538-dce167adc54a.