Ain’t No Sunshine 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. TheContinue reading ““Ain’t No Sunshine” – Bill Withers – matherton tempo illustration”
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“What The World Needs Now” – Jackie De Shannon – matherton tempo illustrations
🎵 Tempo in Motion: How This Song Moves, Beat by Beat Here’s something I made to help visualize the rhythm of a song — not just how fast it is, but how the pace actually changes from moment to moment. This chart shows the tempo of Jackie DeShannon’s “What the World Needs Now”, as heardContinue reading ““What The World Needs Now” – Jackie De Shannon – matherton tempo illustrations”
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Changes – David Bowie – tempo illustration
“Time may change me, but I can’t change time” – Bowie I measured what I found to be the underlying tempo of the song Changes by the late wonderful David Bowie. This is a tempo graph of David Bowie’s song “Changes,” showing how the timing of each beat slightly shifts throughout the track. The jaggedContinue reading “Changes – David Bowie – tempo illustration”
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Rolling Stones | Brown Sugar | matherton tempo illustration – why?
The Rolling Stones are the most famous and most influential rock band over the past 100 years? This image is part of what I call a Matherton Tempo Illustration — a tempo chart that I made to help me understand a song, not only by its harmony and melody, but also by its speed. AContinue reading “Rolling Stones | Brown Sugar | matherton tempo illustration – why?”
