Song tempo & key

Only a Fool Plays by the Rules — Chris Rea

“Only a Fool Plays by the Rules” by Chris Rea (2005) has a measured tempo of 98.0 BPM and is in A major.

98BPM
A
A major · Camelot 11B
49.0 / 196.0
half / double time
4:01
length

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How to count it

At 98 BPM one beat lasts 612 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 24.5 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 32.7.

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