Softly and Tenderly

127 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 91% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 127 readings; 92% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 97.4 BPM one beat lasts 616 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 154 ms and a dotted eighth 462 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 48.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 194.8. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 436.2 Hz, which is 15 cents below 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 8.7 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 0.355 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 C major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.