Love Sneakin’ Up on You

162 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 162 readings; 90% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 94.5 BPM one beat lasts 634.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 158.7 ms and a dotted eighth 476.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 47.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 189. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442 Hz, which is 8 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 4.54 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 0.884 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.