Something’s Got to Give

171 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 72% — put it in F minor, a key signature of 4 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 171 readings; 94% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 136.6 BPM one beat lasts 439.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 109.8 ms and a dotted eighth 329.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 68.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 273.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 444.6 Hz, which is 18 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — the sort of drift a tape machine or a slightly different mastering leaves behind. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.8 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 0.693 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 minor; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.