Sysyphus, Part 4

171 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in B major, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 171 readings; 42% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 128.8 to 143.7 BPM.

At 140.2 BPM one beat lasts 428 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 107 ms and a dotted eighth 321 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 70.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 280.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439 Hz, which is 4 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 10.99 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 0.007 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 B major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.