Crossroads

132 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 74% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 132 readings; 11% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 94.7 to 165.8 BPM. That is a recording the detector cannot settle on — the readings are spread far enough that the median is a summary of a disagreement rather than a measurement anybody should trust to the decimal.

At 116.4 BPM one beat lasts 515.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 128.9 ms and a dotted eighth 386.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 58.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 232.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.5 Hz, which is 6 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 3.1 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 0.843 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 D major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.