“Ain’t No Sunshine” – Bill Withers – matherton tempo illustration

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”

Elton John – Tiny Dancer – matherton tempo discussion, chart

The song “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John is his favorite song. On measuring the tempo of the rhythm, I found 72.6 beats per minute to be the median expected speed — another way of saying that at any poiny in the song, the most likely median of a quarter note is 826 milliseconds.