Pastime Paradise

142 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 82% — put it in C minor, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 142 readings; 38% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 79.2 to 161.5 BPM.

At 156.3 BPM one beat lasts 383.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 96 ms and a dotted eighth 287.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 78.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 312.6. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.7 Hz, which is 1 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 4.43 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 0.413 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 minor; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.