Happy Birthday, John Lennon – “GOLDEN SLUMBERS/CARRY THAT WEIGHT” – Meanspeed® Free School Tempo Analysis of the Final Lennon/McCartney Song – Video, tempo maps, contiguous calibrations

The songs “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight” are the final songs on the Beatles album called ABBEY ROAD.

 

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There are strong feelings about this song and the way it affects people’s emotions.  There are also many speculations of the emotions of the Beatles in the songs.  These subjective opinions can be seen anywhere, 

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This bpm graph features a logarithmic trendline.

 

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This “BPM GRAPH” as Apple® calls them (this graph was not constructed in any way uses Apple’s BPM graph app.  It’s a great app on the fly!  But I cannot work that fast.

 

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This graph features a linear trendline as it shows the line of advance.

 

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This graph features a second-degree polynomial trendline as it shows the line of advance.

 

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This graph is a good, inexpensive black and white representation of the line of advance.  It’s highly accurate, and suitablely printable for, like, something to check out on the toilet or throwing in  a school newspaper without spending anything on color.

/Ian Andrew Schneider/

Meanspeed® Free School

October 9, 2009