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The BlackbirdTraditional

Released
1750
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Celtic Traditional
Updated
2026-08-30
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Analysis

2 sections, the first drop at 0:03, 4% of the way in.

Tempo
143.6 BPM
holds throughout
Key
Bb major
estimated from the pitch content
Dynamic range
3.8 dB
compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud
Length
1:08
measured from the YouTube master

The record, end to end

energy
drums
bass
vocals
other
  1. 0:00Aintrobar -1
  2. 0:42Bpeakbar 24

Drop at 0:03 (bar 1). A drop is a moment, not a stretch — marked on the track above rather than shaded across it.

0:00 · A · intro

opens the record below its own average energy · instrumental

Lasts
0:42
Energy
0
Brightness
0
Density
100
  • drums
  • bass
  • vocals
  • other

Brightness and density are scored against this record's own sections, not against music in general — they say how its parts differ from each other, and nothing about how it compares to anything else.

Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

drums
the drum kit, separated from the mix
bass
the bass part, separated from the mix
vocals
the voice, separated from the mix
other
everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings
intro
opens the record below its own average energy
peak
sits at the top of this record's range
Every moment against every other. Squares on the diagonal are sections; a bright patch off it is the record recognising itself — the second chorus meeting the first.

Measured from the YouTube master on . Section labels describe how the energy of the recording moves, not its musical form — a machine can see loudness climb and jump, it cannot hear a chorus arrive. Anything we were not confident enough to state is left out rather than shown with a caveat.

  1. Ranked No. 1 in Celtic Traditional

    A set dance old enough that its authorship is unrecoverable, and a tune every piper and fiddler is measured against. Dated here to the century it surfaces in, because that is the honest limit of what is known.