Talking To Myself And Feeling Old - The Carpenters - rainy days and mondays - meanspeed=75.3 bpm, meanemotion=grace - graphs, speeds, video

I recently had an experience where a woman who is older and with a broken hip is not able to get out of bed was given some joy from the Carpenters - she has heard all the soothing voices from Sinatra to Tom Jones with Celine Dion and Barry Manilow in between over this year. The sweetness and sincerity of Karen Carpenter's voice and the the Carpenters' thick harmonies, thanks to Richard's work, gives D some comfort. We certainly recommend the Carpenters as music by which to relax. Here we focus on a song they made famous at the speed of grace - "Rainy Days and Mondays."





"Rainy Days And Mondays" is remembered and still played today.



This song did very well. I have personally calibrated 3 or four versions of it, and I have found the speeds to vary. The version calibrated and represented by James C.C. Manning and Sarah Jane Bristol is from iTunes, downloaded to our mac iBook G4®. We assume that the digital source would be the most reliable.

Richard Carpenter's website represents the version below as standard. The Carpenters site is excellent, and well worth a visit. Richard lets everyone know how important their music was to all, and keeps everyone updated on Carpenters news.



http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/










speed summary -
song="Rainy Days And Mondays"
performer=Carpenters
total beats measured=2,340
total time elapsed=31 minutes, 4.7 seconds
average time per trial=3 minutes, 27.2 seconds
average beat=797 milliseconds
mean speed=75.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace.



Sarah Jane Bristol
Sir James C.C. Manning
Ian Schneider
August 30, 2007