Miles Davis · Tutu

Portia

Portia is in G major at 74.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

75 BPM · Adagiomedian of 133 analyses · 74.5–149.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
90%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
133people who ran the extractor
One beat
805.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.1dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.762Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.105Essentia'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

133 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 90% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 133 readings; 71% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 74.5 to 149.2 BPM.

At 74.5 BPM one beat lasts 805.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 201.3 ms and a dotted eighth 604 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 37.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 149. A score would mark that Adagio, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 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 5.1 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 0.762 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 75 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note43221.50.31
Half note21610.70.62
Dotted quarter1.51208.10.83
Quarter note (one beat)1805.41.24
Quarter triplet0.667536.91.86
Dotted eighth0.756041.66
Eighth note0.5402.72.48
Eighth triplet0.333268.53.72
Dotted sixteenth0.3753023.31
Sixteenth note0.25201.34.97
Sixteenth triplet0.167134.27.45
Thirty-second note0.125100.79.93

Half time 37.3 BPM · double time 149 BPM. Every row is one beat (805.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. O Come All Ye FaithfulNeil DiamondG major75BPM
  2. Waiting for the WormsPink FloydG major76BPM
  3. Up in FlamesColdplayG major76BPM
  4. Jesus Just Left ChicagoZZ TopG major72BPM
  5. Öll birtanBjörkG major72BPM
  6. After the Thrill Is GoneEaglesG major78BPM
  7. Jealous GuyRoxy MusicG major78BPM
  8. Passenger SeatDeath Cab for CutieG major78BPM
  9. End of a CenturyBlurG major80BPM
  10. Sullivan StreetCounting CrowsG major81BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 75 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 75 BPMG major at 70–79 BPMMiles Davis

MusicBrainz collapses 12 recording ids into this one. Recording id df7d7beb-989b-4005-9936-2c88e3d9c925.