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Like A Rolling Stone” – Bob Dylan -Rolling Stone magazine’s chosen “Greatest Song of All-Time”

February 17, 2008 Ian A Schneider 1 comment


These graphs are based on a spreadsheet generated with the method described on meanspeed.com.
number of beats counted=5,220
beats per trial=580
mean time per trial=362.47 seconds
mean speed (average tempo)=96.0 beats per minute
average beat=0.625 seconds
mean emotion according to mean speed music theory=enthusiasmBest,
Ian Schneider
 meanspeed.com
February 17, 2008
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Greatest Song of All-Time on the Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Songs List -"Like A Rolling Stone" – Bob Dylan – Tempo and BPM Elements in Precise Detail

February 17, 2008 Ian A Schneider Comments off


The popular song “Like A Rolling Stone” was pronounced the Greatest Song Of All-Time by Rolling Stone magazine.







These graphs represent a moving average of the tempo of the piece. The method used to create the visual representations of speed, an invisible element, is described in exactitudeness [word?] in the methodology section from the dropdown screen.

Meanspeed Music Summary
beats per trial=580
average time per trial=362.47 seconds
mean speed/average tempo=96.0 beats per minute
average beat=0.625 seconds
emotive category according to mean speed music theory=enthusiasm

Ian Schneider
February 17, 2008

(this is an updated version of an article first published in May 2006)

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