Our contributing editor, Sarah Jane, used to pay some bills with DJ work. One year, instead of playing the classic English Auld Lang Syne, she played Satchmo’s “What A Wonderful World.”

Need we say the response was electric. based thereon, we decided to figure out what the speed of this great song was. If you follow the dropdown menu to “graphs,” you will find a category called Grace. When you look at the songs around Louis Armstrong’s American original, the pattern of grace emoted speaks for itself. Res ipsa loquitor! Latin=The thing speaks for itself. Thanks for checking us out since 2004! We appreciate your time and open-mindedness very much. There are many crackpot lunatic theories on the web – so for you to have found us – our findings are counterintuitive, powerful, called “crazy”- but REAL, TRUE & FREE. We love ya!

Meanspeed Summary
song=”What A Wonderful World”
performer=Louis Armstrong
beats calibrated=1,188
total time elapsed=995.14 seconds
average, beats per trial=132
average time per trial=110.57 seconds
average beat legth=838 milliosecinds
average tempo (meanspeed)=71.6 beats per minute
mean emotion according to mean speed music theory=grace
recording source=iTunes
file type=m4

LOUIS ARMSTRONG- "What A Wonderful World" - Modern Tempo Map

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Size=2.3 MB
Kind=Protected AAC audio file
Bit Rate=128 kbps
Sample Rate=44.100 kHz

Volume=(-8.8)dB

album=Priceless Jazz Collection: Louis Armstrong
Profile=Low Complexity
FairPlay Version=2

Channels=Stereo

Happy New Year from Kendall Park, New Jersey!

Meanspeed Music, staff

/Ian Andrew Schneider/

June 5, 2008