The Boy with the Thorn in His Side

151 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 95% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 151 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 117.4 to 119.1 BPM.

At 118.7 BPM one beat lasts 505.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 126.4 ms and a dotted eighth 379.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 59.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 237.4. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 451.1 Hz, which is 43 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — far enough that playing along at 440 Hz will sound wrong. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 2.99 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 0.908 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 major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.