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Kid Charlemagne
Kid Charlemagne is in C major at 97.2 beats per minute.
Tempo
97 BPM · Andantemedian of 152 analyses · 97.1–98.1 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 99%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 152people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 617.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441.5Hz · +6 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.08dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.571Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.225Essentia'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
152 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 152 readings; 97% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 97.2 BPM one beat lasts 617.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 154.3 ms and a dotted eighth 463 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 48.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 194.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.5 Hz, which is 6 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 4.08 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 0.571 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 97 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2469.1 | 0.41 |
| Half note | 2 | 1234.6 | 0.81 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 925.9 | 1.08 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 617.3 | 1.62 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 411.5 | 2.43 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 463 | 2.16 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 308.6 | 3.24 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 205.8 | 4.86 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 231.5 | 4.32 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 154.3 | 6.48 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 102.9 | 9.72 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 77.2 | 12.96 |
Half time 48.6 BPM · double time 194.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (617.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Hot Fun in the SummertimeSly & the Family StoneC major97BPM
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- Say No MoreCharly GarcíaC major97BPM
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- PrettyThe CranberriesC major97BPM
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- Man Overboardblink‐182C major97BPM
Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 97 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in C majorAll songs at 97 BPMC major at 90–99 BPMSteely Dan
MusicBrainz collapses 21 recording ids into this one. Recording id 56f6bee3-6e33-4f57-9826-a1431ac5ef88.