Lessons
30s preview
- BPM
- 180
- Half-time
- 90
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 62/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:19
- Released
- 2016
- Album
- Lessons EP
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -3.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.8 dB
- ISRC
- GBRD51600112
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Lessons: drum n bass, B minor (10A), 180 BPM. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Faster than 99% of Simula's catalogue.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Simula's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 94% of Simula's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 87% of Simula's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Lessons in?
Lessons by Simula is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Lessons?
Lessons runs at 180 BPM.
What mixes well with Lessons?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Lessons good for peak time?
With energy 62 out of 100 at 180 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 180 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 169-191 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 180 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 180 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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