Cat’s in the Cradle

177 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 81% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 177 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 154.7 BPM one beat lasts 387.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 97 ms and a dotted eighth 290.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 77.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 309.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.2 Hz, which is 3 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 4.71 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 0.731 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 F major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.