The Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time ranks a third Bob Dylan written and performed song, #59–”The Time They Are A Changin’,” a waltz.
James T.S. Manning, Meanspeed Music’s Calibrator-in-Chief, measured this summary of speeds–
beats measured=540
mean time=3 minutes, 8.14 seconds
rhythm=waltz
meanspeed=172.2 beats per minute
meanspace=348 milliseconds per beat.
linear chart with a 2d degree polynomial trend line based on 8 trials of measurement in contiguous groups of 15 beats © 2007 James T.S. Manning
Rolling Stone’s Top 59 of 500 by rank
Rolling Stone’s Top 59 of 500 in order of descending speed.
