Breaking Down The Tempo of "Old Man" by Neil Young

Tempo Analysis: "Old Man" by Neil Young
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Put this in the "Interesting Analysis" department.

From Breaking Down The Tempo of The Beautiful "Old Man" by Neil Young:

"Old Man" is a song Neil Young wrote and performed for his 1970s album ‘After The Gold Rush.’ [ed; correction: "Harvest"]

I looked the song up on-line, and as for “metrology” (the science of measurement), I saw no good timeline. So I did the measurements and chart.

• mean speed=70.5 beats per minute
• average beat=851 milliseconds
• low frequency=1.175 Hz
• tone in just intonation=300.8 Hz
• song in 1% range of the mean speed 70.5 BPM

[declassified and republished by silverman matherton on August 21, 2016]

Neil Young Old Man (Live at Massey Hall) Live At Massey Hall 1971

Also, see Neil Young – SUGAR MOUNTAIN -The Speed of the Solitude of Childhood Memory & Pink Beauty in Recall. Video, bpm graphs, spreadsheets, measurements expose shocking biological pattern: the tempo exposes the temperament of the player.

Tempo Analysis: "Sugar Mountain" by Neil Young

Also, more Neil Young Song Amalysis and the book "Neil Young and the Poetics of Energy" by William Echard..

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