The Tears of a Clown

152 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 80% — put it in F sharp major, a key signature of 6 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 152 readings; 85% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 125.2 to 128.5 BPM.

At 128.4 BPM one beat lasts 467.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 116.8 ms and a dotted eighth 350.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 64.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 256.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.3 Hz, which is 1 cents above 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 3 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 0.953 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 sharp major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.