Random BPM and Dark Melodic Cinematic Key Generator

How this list was compiled: Sixty tempos from 60 to 180 BPM. Each line holds three things, all read from English Wikipedia on 2026-09-30 or computed. 1) The Italian tempo words whose rough range holds the tempo, from the list of common tempo markings in 'Tempo' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo): largo 40 to 66, adagio 44 to 66, andante 56 to 108, moderato 108 to 120, allegro 120 to 156, vivace 156 to 176, presto 168 to 200. That article calls its figures very rough approximations for 4/4 time that vary widely by composer and work; only these seven of its words are used. 2) The length of one beat in milliseconds, 60,000 divided by the BPM and rounded to a whole number. 3) The styles whose article states a usual tempo range that holds the tempo: trap 50 to 88 BPM, also written in double time as 100 to 176, typically around 70 (140); synthwave 80 to 118; moombahton 100 to 110; tropical house 100 to 120; house 115 to 130; deep house 120 to 125; techno 120 to 150; minimal techno 125 to 130; electro house 125 to 135; trance 125 to 150; Jersey club 130 to 140; dubstep 132 to 142 with most releases at 140; hard trance 140 to 180; hardcore 160 to 200 or more; drum and bass 165 to 185 with the mid-170s as its hallmark. Single figures: downtempo usually around 90, UK garage usually around 130, grime at 140, hardstyle now around 150, footwork often around 160, a march at about 120 and the show tempo of stage revues at 160 to 170 (the last two from 'Tempo'). The articles are Trap music, Synthwave, Moombahton, Tropical house, House music, Deep house, Techno, Minimal techno, Electro house, Trance music, Jersey club, Dubstep, Hard trance, Hardcore (electronic dance music genre), Drum and bass, Downtempo, UK garage, Grime music, Hardstyle and Footwork (genre). A script checks that each figure's wording is in the fetched article text. A style whose article gives no tempo figure is left out, which is why hip-hop, pop, rock, reggae and disco are not named. No song, artist or product is named. Wording is our own. Licence: own work

How this list was compiled: A closed set of 24 keys, computed by script and not typed: the 12 minor keys and 12 keys in the two minor modes (Dorian on D, E, A, G, C and B; Phrygian on E, A, D, B, F♯ and G). No major key is in the row, because the page deals dark keys; each minor key's line names its relative major. Each line spells the seven notes by letter, so every letter is used once, then gives the key signature and the relative key, or for a modal key the major key whose notes it uses. The script asserts on every key: around the circle of fifths the fifth note of each major scale is the next key and adds one sharp, or takes away one flat; the sharps come in the order F, C, G, D, A, E, B and the flats in the opposite order; the relative minor starts on the sixth note of the major scale, three half steps below its tonic, and has the same notes; a Dorian or Phrygian scale starts on the second or third note of its major key and differs from the minor scale on the same tonic in exactly one note. Checked on 2026-09-30 against English Wikipedia: every one of the 12 minor keys and the 12 major keys they are relative to matches its row of the table in 'Relative key' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_key), signature and partner both, and the rules above are as stated in 'Key signature' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_signature), 'Circle of fifths', 'Dorian mode' (the natural minor scale with a major sixth) and 'Phrygian mode' (the natural minor scale with the second degree lowered by a semitone). 'Key (music)' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_(music)) says that minor keys are often considered sadder or darker than major keys and that the minor scale has its third, sixth and seventh notes a semitone lower than the major scale. E♭ minor is also written D♯ minor; the list shows one spelling. Wording is our own. Licence: own work