Musical Determinism in Action: Speed Territory Dictates that which is Emoted - Frank Sinatra - "Witchcraft" - Speed, Beats and Lyrics & Foxytunes Link

The song breaks down as below. This is a manner in which you can follow the performance lines on the speed graphs -
1-16 - instrumental introduction;
17-19 - Those
20-23 - fingers in my hair, That
24-27 - sly come hither
28-32 - stare
33-35 - That strips my conscience
36-39- bare, It's
40 -47- witchcraft!
48-51 - And I've got
52-55 - no defense for it,
56-59 - The heat is
60-64- too intense for it.
65-67 - What good would
68-71 - common sense for it
72-79 - do? 'Cause it's
80-83 - witchcraft,
84-87 -Wicked
88-92 - witchcraft,
93-96 - And al-
97-99 - though I
100-103 - know it's strictly
104-111 - taboo!
112- 115 - When you a-
116-119 - rouse the need in me,
120-123 My heart says
124-127 - yes indeed in me,
128-131 - Proceed with what
132-135 you're leading me
136-143- to!
144-147 - It's such an
148-151 - ancient pitch,
152-155 - But one I
156-159 - wouldn't switch,
160-163 - 'Cause there's no
164-167 nicer witch than
168-207 - you!

208-211 - 'Cause it's witchcraft,
212-215 - That crazy
216-223 - witchcraft, And al-
224-227 - though I
228-231 - know it's strictly ta-
232-239 - boo!
240-243 - When you a
244-247 rouse the need in me,
248-251 - My heart says
252-255 - yes indeed in me,
256-259 - Proceed with
260-271 what your leading me to...
272-275 - It's such an
276-279 - ancient pitch,
280-283 - But one that I would
284-287 - never switch,
288-291 - 'Cause there's no
292-295 - nicer witch than
296-320 - you!"

(emphasis added)
lyrics courtesy of foxytunes.com



Meanspeed Music Summary, calibrated by Hunter Newman, supervised by James Manning -
song="Witchcraft"
performer=Frank Sinatra
total time=1,494.87 seconds
beats counted =2,880
beats per trial=320
mean time per trial=116.1 seconds
mean speed=115.6 beats per minute
average beat=0.519 seconds
mean emotion according to mean speed music theory=foreboding.
mean slow phase=1.93 cycles per second
recording source=iTunes
Sample Rate=256 kbps
album=Classic Sinatra - His Great Performances. 1953-1960

recording company=© 2000, Capital Records, Inc.
Kind=Purchased AAC audio file
Size=5.8 MB
Sample Rate=44.100 kHz
Profile=Low Complexity
Channels=Stereo
corresponding pitch=493.2 hertz, ≤Bb4 , ≥C5 - an excellent article about this appears at -
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-64509/tuning-and-temperament.

In order to enter the speed into your iTunes player, simply - though Apple is not talking about speed -YET-

highlight the song -

press Command/I on Windows, apple/I on mac, where upon doing that the screen below will emerge -


tough part here -put the cursor in the BPM box, type in the bpm which in iTunes and most players is properly rounded off to the whole number, as 115.6 beats per minute becomes 116 -

Close and you can create lists as -

Voila!

The best on the web have seen for information about The Chairman is found FoxyTunes.com -

Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. Many critics place him alongside Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley and The Beatles as one of the most important popular music figures of the 20th century. Sinatra launched a second career as a dramatic film actor, and became admired for a screen persona distinctly tougher than his smooth singing style. Sinatra also had a larger-than-life presence in the public eye, and as "The Chairman of the Board" became an American icon, known for his brash, sometimes swaggering attitude, as embodied by his signature song "My Way". more...

[via FoxyTunes / Frank Sinatra]

and

http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/frank_sinatra#/track/witchcraft

All speed graphs © 2007, meanspeed music



James C.C. Manning
John St. Paul Newman
Sarah Jane Bristol
Sophia Newman
June 20. 2008

Eerie Upbeat: Musical Irony and "Fly Me To The Moon" - Frank Sinatra - Speed Irony, Mental Chronometry and Music Determinism

WIKIPEDIA.ORG, the PEOPLE'S FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA INFORMS:

"Fly Me to the Moon" is a pop standard song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. When introduced by Felicia Sanders on the cabaret circuit, it was originally titled "In Other Words". The song became popularly called "Fly Me to the Moon" from its first line, but it took a few years for the publishers to change the title officially.
It was first recorded in 1954 by Kaye Ballard (of the television show The Mothers-in-Law).

Frank Sinatra recorded the song in 1964 on his It Might as Well Be Swing collaboration with Count Basie, and this became the rendition that many people identified the song with."

As the Meanspeed summary below indicates, the speed of the song come in the meanspeed music theory category, "mean emotion," of FOREBODING. When we think of the song today, sure, we here the old time, feel-good swing. The Good 'Ol Days were here - though at the time we did not realize how relatively sweet the Cold War years would be compared to ours. You think about it, the title, Frank Sinatra, and you say, "How can this be a song that emotes Foreboding?" Listen closely. Something a little different there, am I wrong? As Frank's Witchcraft: the love song with that ripple of uncertain unease waving through it - pardon the metaphor, please. This element - the mix of happier elements elements of the song with its inherently dark speed leads to what meanspeed theory calls speed irony. Musical irony of this type is defined by the manner in which the tempo sounds "upbeat" - what people generally associate with happy, when lowered by 3 percent - becomes an "eerie upbeat."

This is what I talk about when I use terms like musical determinism - a idea that is based in neurological determinism: despite the sweet Frank delivery, the beatific orchestral playing, the smooth as silk swing rhythm, the mean speed pf 117.5 beats per minute simple determines that which is emoted. That is not to say it dictates that which is emoted - speed is one of many elements of music communication. That said, of the elements of music that are not well understood, none has been more of a mystery than the effects of the change of only a small fraction of tempo or speed in a song. Thanks to quartz and digital technology in recording and calibrating, and people as myself who love to wake up at 3:37 A.M. to research new ideas in this area of music psychology. This area, now known as the "emotions of mental chronometry" - a concept many would not believe to be testable much less one worthy of debate. After all, how can a sound sequence itself expose emotions? I hear you out there. Take a look at the lists as '114-118 - Foreboding' provided on these pages. A "think again" will not be necessary! Don't get hooked, even on a theory though Speed is addictive. Look at me on Saturday at 4 AM- better yet, like my wife, enjoy the fact that I'm not laying there with ya!

Meanspeed Summary
song="Fly Me To The Moon"
performer=Frank Sinatra
beats measured=2,176
beats per trial=272
time elapsed=1,389.16 seconds
mean time per trial=138.92 seconds
mean speed=117.49 beats per minute
average beat=511 milliseconds
mean emotion according to Meanspeed Music Theory=foreboding

Ian Schneider

November 24, 2007

charts by James Manning, Ian Schneider. © 2007 Meanspeed Music.

Seeing the invisible in conceptual tempo graphs: The Speed of Grace in "Bad Day", "Very Good Year", "Hey Jude", "Breakfast In America", "El Malecon"

These are eight speed charts that compare some grace speed graphs we have been looking at over the past ten days. All eight charts above are comparison of the same 5 songs with meanspeeds between 70-76 bpm, meanemotion=grace.

Yes, a whole "movement" of DJ's sampling beats of similar speeds thrives--to some this has become a religion--and as you readers know: it's the DJ's out there who like my work a lot--the musicians aren't so keen on it yet. There is some [master DJ "mouse" out there]--a world I only mention because I get many people who ask me: am I counting beats for that movement??? Answer: No. I just have an obsessive curiosity as to speed and what it is doing in a song. Breakfast In America by Supertramp is compared, and for me explained, as Hey Jude By The Beatles.
Given just these five songs with the mean-emotion of grace--I wish I had a system i my house where I could play these all at once--because although they all have the same general underlying pulse--they sound so different. A Very Good Year by the Chairman Of The Board, from Hoboken, New Jersey, Frank Sinatra "sounds" slower, Bad Day by Daniel Powter and El Malecon by Orchestra Harlow sound faster. If a [mishmasher DJ] makes a song out of this, I'd love to hear it!

/Ian Andrew Schneider/