Ground on Down

136 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 53% — put it in C minor, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 136 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 85.3 BPM one beat lasts 703.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 175.8 ms and a dotted eighth 527.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 42.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 170.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 448.5 Hz, which is 33 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 4.09 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 0.84 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 C minor; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.