Ain’t No Sunshine
matherton tempo illustration
This is a Matherton Tempo Illustration for “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers. I did the math here, but you don’t need to know much math to get it.
The white line shows how the song speeds up and slows down as it goes—kind of like a mood tracker for tempo. The red line is the middle ground: where the tempo mostly hangs out. And that black diagonal line shows the overall direction—here, the song slowly picks up steam.
You can use this however you want. To move your body, to calm your mind, to play along, to feel something deeper. It’s just a visual way to catch the flow of the music.
Every song has its own rhythm story—this is just one way to read it.
