The Speed Of The Beatles: LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS mixes a waltz with common time for an L.S.D.-like (or so they say) tempo structure

LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - modern tempo map by meanspeed music - BEATLES

LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - modern tempo map by meanspeed music - BEATLES

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Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds is the third track from the 1967 album by the Beatles called ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.’ Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds is the third track from the 1967 album by the Beatles called ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.’ In this mean speed® music calibration, the beats in the waltz sections were measured as dotted half notes, and the beats in the common time sections were measured half-notes.

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Meanspeed-Carlton Summary,

supervised by James C.C. Manning
song title=Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
composer=John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album=Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
performer=The Beatles
key=A major
average time per trial=202.0 seconds
beats calibrated=280
average beat=878 milliseconds
meanspeed/average velocity=68.3
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=ceremony