David Sanborn – THE DREAM – a contemporary tempo analysis with bpm graphs, tempo maps, measurements and performance videos

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream - linear

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream - linear

“The Dream” is a song from David Sanborn’s Greatest Hits.

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream -time-distance graph

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream -time-distance graph

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream - time chart

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream - time chart

As the provider of the YouTube clip notes: “No one else could give a jazz song the type of character that David Sanborn can.”

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream 3

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream 3

Neumann-McLaren Tempo Summary

song title=THE DREAM

performer=David Sanborn

average expected tempo/mean speed=89.7 beats per minute

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream - 89.7 bpm

meanspeed tempo map - David Sanborn - The Dream - 89.7 bpm

average beat=669 milliseconds

hardware=iPhone® by Apple®

file type=m4p

Bit rate=256 kbps

Sample Rate=44.100 kHz

most interesting element of song=David’s playing so naturally that it literally sounds like he is talking or singing in his alto sax.

/Ian Andrew Schneider/

meanspeed® music company

August 22, 2009

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