Terry Pratchett read by Nigel Planer · Mort
Track 02
Track 02 is in D major at 102.8 beats per minute.
Tempo
103 BPM · Andantemedian of 374 analyses · 91–140.5 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 16%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 374people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 583.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.07dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.908Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.406Essentia'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
374 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 16% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 374 readings; 11% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 91 to 140.5 BPM. That is a recording the detector cannot settle on — the readings are spread far enough that the median is a summary of a disagreement rather than a measurement anybody should trust to the decimal.
At 102.8 BPM one beat lasts 583.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 145.9 ms and a dotted eighth 437.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 51.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 205.6. A score would mark that Andante, 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 4.07 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 0.908 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 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 D major
Each of these differs from D 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 103 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2334.6 | 0.43 |
| Half note | 2 | 1167.3 | 0.86 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 875.5 | 1.14 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 583.7 | 1.71 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 389.1 | 2.57 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 437.7 | 2.28 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 291.8 | 3.43 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 194.6 | 5.14 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 218.9 | 4.57 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 145.9 | 6.85 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 97.3 | 10.28 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 73 | 13.71 |
Half time 51.4 BPM · double time 205.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (583.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Something Just Like ThisThe Chainsmokers & ColdplayD major103BPM
- When the Body SpeaksDepeche ModeD major103BPM
- Open ArmsJourneyD major103BPM
- In My Time of DyingLed ZeppelinD major102BPM
- JoyrideRoxetteD major102BPM
- In My LifeThe BeatlesD major103BPM
- Goodbye Cruel WorldPink FloydD major102BPM
- Work That SkirtThe B‐52sD major102BPM
- Things I’ll Never SayAvril LavigneD major102BPM
- Creature FearBon IverD major104BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 103 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 103 BPMD major at 100–109 BPM
MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 196bf209-0311-400a-be94-50e4aee1a0fd.