Full-Obama Tempo Analysis - "THE WEIGHT" - The Band - contiguous calibrations, charts, YouTube videos, Wiki entry

In the Top 500 Songs of All-Time according to Rolling Stone magazine, song #41 is called "The Weight." The #40 song is performed by The Band.

The summary of the elemental speeds of "The Weight" were measured two ways--once as the studio recording as cited by the Rolling Stone. Another measurement was made of the song live on their recording from Rock of Ages. The summary of the studio speeds were measured as--
beats measured=320
mean time=4 minutes, 47.60 seconds
meanspeed=71.7 beats per minute
average beat length=837 milliseconds
low frequency cycle=1.195 cycles per second
frequency as pitch=305.92 Hertz





The summary of the stage speeds from the recording from Rock Of Ages were measured as--
beats measured=320
mean time=4 minutes, 65.60 seconds
meanspeed=65.6 beats per minute
average beat length=915 milliseconds
low frequency cycle=1.09 cycles per second
frequency as pitch=279.89 Hertz
















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