Hold On Loosely

129 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 81% — put it in A major, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 129 readings; 85% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 128.1 to 132.6 BPM.

At 128.2 BPM one beat lasts 468 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 117 ms and a dotted eighth 351 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 64.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 256.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.8 Hz, which is 7 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — the sort of drift a tape machine or a slightly different mastering leaves behind. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.56 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.925 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in A major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.