Stranger in Moscow

144 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 70% — put it in G sharp minor, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 144 readings; 72% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 105.8 to 129.9 BPM.

At 129.9 BPM one beat lasts 461.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 115.5 ms and a dotted eighth 346.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 65 BPM, counted twice as fast 259.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.1 Hz, which is 3.5 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 8.2 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 0.722 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 G sharp minor; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.