The Beatles · Revolver
Taxman
Taxman is in G major at 133.1 beats per minute.
Tempo
133 BPM · Allegromedian of 269 analyses · 132.7–134.9 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 95%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 269people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 450.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 442Hz · +8 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.48dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.94Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.043Essentia'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
269 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 95% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 269 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 132.7 to 134.9 BPM.
At 133.1 BPM one beat lasts 450.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 112.7 ms and a dotted eighth 338.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 66.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 266.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442 Hz, which is 8 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 3.48 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 0.94 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 133 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1803.2 | 0.55 |
| Half note | 2 | 901.6 | 1.11 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 676.2 | 1.48 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 450.8 | 2.22 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 300.5 | 3.33 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 338.1 | 2.96 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 225.4 | 4.44 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 150.3 | 6.66 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 169 | 5.92 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 112.7 | 8.87 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 75.1 | 13.31 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 56.3 | 17.75 |
Half time 66.6 BPM · double time 266.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (450.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Cadillac RanchBruce SpringsteenG major133BPM
- Life of My Own3 Doors DownG major133BPM
- AngelMadonnaG major133BPM
- Lyin’ EyesEaglesG major133BPM
- Cold Day in the SunFoo FightersG major133BPM
- Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild HorsesU2G major133BPM
- Squeeze BoxThe WhoG major133BPM
- O Holy NightCéline DionG major133BPM
- Brain DamagePink FloydG major133BPM
- Good NightThe BeatlesG major132BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 133 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 133 BPMG major at 130–139 BPMThe Beatles
MusicBrainz collapses 37 recording ids into this one. Recording id fc95bdb1-14ba-42fd-ab93-905d81b432b3.