# Ordering a Playlist

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-playlist/694123>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 26, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-playlist/694123 "2014-07-26T22:04:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-playlist/694123/1 "2014-07-26T22:04:45Z")

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I’m creating a playlist of various artists (theme: summer) with various tempos. I have a total of 16 songs. I want to order them by tempo in a manner that naturally flows.

The tempos are slow, medium, fast, with a notation for danceable versions of each (subjective, I know, but who dances to Steely Dan?). I figure I’ll start with a medium and end with a slow but I can’t come up with a good scheme for ordering in between.

What pattern would you recommend? Should I mix different patterns? This is all pretty anal, I know, especially since this is just for hanging around the house. Any suggestions are welcome.