"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Autumn Leaves" by Joe Pass. Modest rise and fall. balanced composition. Mood: melancholy, reflective. Visual style: 1970s editorial print aesthetic, sun-faded color. Painterly, grainy film texture, muted palette with strategic accent colors. The composition should read left-to-right like a timeline — calm on one side, intensifying toward the other. Strictly no faces, no text, no logos, no literal objects, no band imagery. Pure color-field abstraction with emotional weight. 16:9 editorial format."
Easy, low-key calm, gentler than 86% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
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BPM
Autumn Leaves by Joe Pass is 90 BPM — Andante (walking pace).
Half-time 45 BPM · Double-time 180 BPM · released 1973
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Song DNA
Notes: The song features a gentle, flowing guitar melody that evokes a sense of nostalgia and warmth. Its smooth transitions and soft dynamics create a calming atmosphere.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: deep listening meditation relaxation
A calm, low-key track. The track rises and falls a fair amount with nothing abrupt to catch you off guard — a smooth track with an all-instrumental build, no vocal to follow at an unhurried mid-tempo. It’s easy enough to follow without going flat. Against the 19,209 songs we’ve measured, it reads gentler than 86% of everything we’ve measured.
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Moods: melancholy, reflective
Traditions: jazz
At a glance
"Autumn Leaves" by Joe Pass
90 BPM, dynamic range 5/10, smooth texture, instrumental. Sits in the middle band — neither built for stillness nor pitched at workout intensity. Whether it works for a given moment depends more on mood and lyrical content than on the acoustic profile. The full sensory breakdown follows.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 5/10 is within the normal pop-mix band. There is variation between verse and chorus, but it's the kind of variation most listeners encounter routinely.
Sudden changes: none. Transitions are musically signaled — nothing will surprise you if you're only half-listening.
Texture: smooth.
Predictability is medium — conventional structure overall, with one or two moments that deviate from what you'd expect.
Vocal style: instrumental.
Where this sits in Joe Pass's catalog
We have 20 songs from Joe Pass in the library. Of those, 16 are rated Safe, 4 Moderate, and 0 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 5/10 sits below the artist average of 5.7, making it the #19 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from Virtuoso
We have 13 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans safe in sensory profile.
- All the Things You Are — safe DR 6
- How High the Moon — moderate DR 7
- Have You Met Miss Jones — safe DR 5
- Easy Living — safe DR 5
- Cherokee — moderate DR 7
- Sweet Georgia Brown — moderate DR 6
- Stars Fell on Alabama — safe DR 5
- For Django — safe DR 6
- Girl Talk — safe DR 6
- Sophisticated Lady — safe DR 5
- Night and Day — safe DR 5
- On a Clear Day — safe DR 5
1973 context
Released in 1973. We have 297 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.4/10. This track is quieter / less dynamic than the year average. Explore more from the 1970s.
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Traditions
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How fast is "Autumn Leaves"?
90 BPM — Medium (midtempo / pop ballad)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Warm-up, cool-down, yoga, stretching.
For daily life
Morning coffee, deep work, commute wind-down.
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When "Autumn Leaves" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
Maybe — fine for routine work, but the mid-song changes may pull attention during deep focus.
✗
Running / workout
No — 90 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
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Sleep / winding down
Maybe — calm overall, but tempo is a bit high for deep sleep. Better for winding down than falling asleep.
✓
Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
✓
Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
✓
Emotional release / catharsis
Yes — this is a song for actively feeling what you came to feel, not for background.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Safe because its dynamic range stays within our low-variance band, there are no unsignaled changes, and the texture and vocal style are both in the low-fatigue range. Our methodology uses an AND rule for Safe — a song has to clear every dimension to earn the rating.
This song in the Music Studio
22/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-17. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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By the numbers: how this song compares
Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.
Where it sits in 19,000 songs
This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
Always — Joe Pass · 99%Kind of Blue — Miles Davis · 99%Country — Keith Jarrett · 95%It Never Entered My Mind — Miles Davis · 95%
Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.
What it’s good for
Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1973 in context
The 297 songs we’ve measured from 1973 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity22
Dynamics44
Tempo28
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "Autumn Leaves"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Autumn Leaves" by Joe Pass?
"Autumn Leaves" by Joe Pass has a tempo of 90 BPM (Andante (walking pace)). At half-time that is 45 BPM, and at double-time 180 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "Autumn Leaves" by Joe Pass?
"Autumn Leaves" by Joe Pass rates as Low-Intensity. Dynamic range 5/10, no sudden changes, smooth texture. Our Low-Intensity rating means no single dimension triggers the higher-intensity thresholds.
How loud is "Autumn Leaves" — what is its dynamic range?
"Autumn Leaves" has a dynamic range of 5/10. Within normal pop-mix variation. Movement between verse and chorus but nothing dramatic.
Does "Autumn Leaves" have sudden or surprising changes?
No. "Autumn Leaves" has no sudden unsignaled changes. Every transition is musically telegraphed.
What is "Autumn Leaves" best for?
In our library "Autumn Leaves" is recommended for: deep listening, meditation, relaxation. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Autumn Leaves" released?
"Autumn Leaves" is from 1973, on the album "Virtuoso". It appears in our 1970s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Autumn Leaves"?
We tag "Autumn Leaves" as melancholy, reflective. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Autumn Leaves"?
The vocal style is instrumental.
Is "Autumn Leaves" good for running?
Not really — at 90 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "Autumn Leaves" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (5/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "Autumn Leaves" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Dynamic range is too high — quiet moments will be ambushed by louder ones.
Should I listen to "Autumn Leaves"?
If you want gentle, low-arousal music, "Autumn Leaves" is a solid pick — Low-Intensity across every sensory dimension.
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