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Speed Of The Beatles – Revolver, Side 2, song 1 – GOOD DAY SUNSHINE – Meanspeed Conjecture Analysis with tempo maps, calibrations, harmony secrets

April 1, 2008 Ian A Schneider Comments off

Meanspeed Music Summary
song title=”Good Day Sunshine”



performer=The Beatles Album=Revolver
composer=John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Mean Time Per Trial=122.25 seconds
Beats per trial=240
Trials calibrated=9
Total Beats calibrated=2,160
mean speed/average tempo=117.8 beats per minute



average beat length=509 milliseconds

Intellectual Property=Copyright 1966 Northern Songs All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.
Original Key=B Major Most Interesting Rhyme=’Down’ with ‘Ground’ - “We took a walk, the sun was shining down, Burns my feet as they touch the ground”
Most interesting element of rhythm aside from tempo=The final refrain is in the key of F major, This is one of the few modulations of this kind in the entire Beatles catalog according to the book ‘Tell Me Why’ by Tim Riley (page 191).


Ian Andrew Schneider

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The Speed of Victory, The Pittsburgh Steelers & The 1970s – WE ARE FAMILY tempo analysis

April 1, 2008 Ian A Schneider Comments off


In the 1970s, the fans of the football champion Pittsburgh Steelers took this song, WE ARE FAMILY on as the team’s theme. End result: championship victory in the Super Bowl, the apogee of American sporting achievement.

The Meanspeed-Carlton Summary of “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge –
mean speed/average tempo=119.2 beats per minute.
mean emotion=victory, as ebullient joy.
beat frequency=1.987 beats per second.
average beat length=503 milliseconds per beat.
average measure length=2013 milliseconds per measure.
mean slow phase=1.987 cycles per second.
corresponding pitch=254.29 Hertz, 50 cents above B3=246.042 Hertz, 50 cents below C4=261.626 Hertz.

Ian Andrew Schneider
Meanspeed Music Company
April 1, 2008