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The Beatles · Abbey Road

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer is in A major at 131.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

132 BPM · Allegromedian of 303 analyses · 131.8–132 across the middle eight tenths
Key
A major3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
74%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
303people who ran the extractor
One beat
455.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
443.6Hz · +14 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.59dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.753Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.287Essentia'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

303 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 74% — put it in A major, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 303 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 131.8 BPM one beat lasts 455.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 113.8 ms and a dotted eighth 341.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 65.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 263.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 443.6 Hz, which is 14 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 4.59 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 0.753 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 132 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41820.90.55
Half note2910.51.1
Dotted quarter1.5682.91.46
Quarter note (one beat)1455.22.2
Quarter triplet0.667303.53.3
Dotted eighth0.75341.42.93
Eighth note0.5227.64.39
Eighth triplet0.333151.76.59
Dotted sixteenth0.375170.75.86
Sixteenth note0.25113.88.79
Sixteenth triplet0.16775.913.18
Thirty-second note0.12556.917.57

Half time 65.9 BPM · double time 263.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (455.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)Nine Inch NailsA major132BPM
  2. F.I.N.E.AerosmithA major132BPM
  3. Tiny MontgomeryBob Dylan & The BandA major132BPM
  4. The ForgottenGreen DayA major132BPM
  5. This SongMeat PuppetsA major132BPM
  6. Change Your LifeIggy Azalea feat. T.I.A major132BPM
  7. Let’s GoThe CarsA major131BPM
  8. Criminal WorldDavid BowieA major131BPM
  9. WheelsAC/DCA major132BPM
  10. Greatest Love of AllWhitney HoustonA major131BPM

Recordings in A major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 132 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in A majorAll songs at 132 BPMA major at 130–139 BPMThe Beatles

MusicBrainz collapses 51 recording ids into this one. Recording id a92380e6-f10d-4407-aceb-5825b17fed5a.