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 Paul Newman
Sarah Jane Bristol
Sophia Newman
July 18. 2008
