70–79 BPM · Andante
Songs at 79 BPM
One beat
759.5 ms60,000 ÷ 79- Recordings
- 9at this whole tempo
- Half time
- 39.5BPM
- Double time
- 158BPM
- Most used key
- A minor2 recordings
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.
9 recordings on this site sit at 79 beats per minute once each one's analyses are reduced to their median. A score would call that Andante, by the ranges printed on the data page.
One beat lasts 759.5 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 379.7 ms, a dotted eighth 569.6 ms and a sixteenth 189.9 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.
Half time is 39.5 BPM and double time is 158; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.
2 of them are in A minor, more than any other key at this tempo.
Delay times at 79 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 3038 | 0.33 |
| Half note | 2 | 1519 | 0.66 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1139.2 | 0.88 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 759.5 | 1.32 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 506.3 | 1.98 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 569.6 | 1.76 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 379.7 | 2.63 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 253.2 | 3.95 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 284.8 | 3.51 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 189.9 | 5.27 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 126.6 | 7.9 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 94.9 | 10.53 |
79 BPM, key by key
Each key links to its list at this tempo band (70–79 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.
The recordings
- Brothers in ArmsDire StraitsE major79BPM
- Mike MillsAirD major79BPM
- HurtNine Inch NailsA minor79BPM
- Painter SongNorah JonesA major79BPM
- Patiently Waiting50 Cent feat. EminemB minor79BPM
- Dear Future HusbandMeghan TrainorF♯ minor79BPM
- TimeBackstreet BoysF major79BPM
- Always Be My BabyMariah CareyA minor79BPM
- Show You HowJay‐ZE♭ minor79BPM
Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 79 BPM, most analysed first. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.