Thrice · Major/Minor

Blur

Blur is in G minor at 91.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

91 BPM · Andantemedian of 213 analyses · 91.4–91.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G minor2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
213people who ran the extractor
One beat
656.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441Hz · +4 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.1dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.963Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.986Essentia'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

213 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in G minor, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 213 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 91.4 BPM one beat lasts 656.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 164.1 ms and a dotted eighth 492.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 45.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 182.8. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441 Hz, which is 4 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.1 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 0.963 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 minor; 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 minor

Each of these differs from G minor 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 91 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42625.80.38
Half note21312.90.76
Dotted quarter1.5984.71.02
Quarter note (one beat)1656.51.52
Quarter triplet0.667437.62.29
Dotted eighth0.75492.32.03
Eighth note0.5328.23.05
Eighth triplet0.333218.84.57
Dotted sixteenth0.375246.24.06
Sixteenth note0.25164.16.09
Sixteenth triplet0.167109.49.14
Thirty-second note0.12582.112.19

Half time 45.7 BPM · double time 182.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (656.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. The National AnthemRadioheadG minor92BPM
  2. Dream a Little Dream of MeLouis ArmstrongG minor91BPM
  3. Careful With That Axe, EugenePink FloydG minor92BPM
  4. Alone in KyotoAirG minor90BPM
  5. Fuck Friendz2PacG minor93BPM
  6. Love of My LifeSantana featuring Dave Matthews & Carter BeaufordG minor93BPM
  7. JanineDavid BowieG minor89BPM
  8. If We Could Start OverCéline DionG minor89BPM
  9. Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?The BeatlesG minor94BPM
  10. Seduces MeCéline DionG minor89BPM

Recordings in G minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 91 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G minorAll songs at 91 BPMG minor at 90–99 BPMThrice

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id fb5f53bb-fa1d-4b58-8a15-cfecd78e15fa.