There’s volumes about this in music theory, but as dancers the skill we really want is the ability to count sixteenth notes, since that is about as fast as you can dance in a partner dance. Ever wonder if a song is a Rumba or a Cha-cha? The rhythm is what makes the difference. This is actually a surprisingly important skill across multiple dance disciplines. In particular, to fast songs you have more movements to complete in less time, so you can accomplish this by taking smaller steps and making smaller movements overall.įor my Westie friends, the standard BPM range for West Coast Swing songs is between about 80 and 120 BPM. This relates to dance since we have to dance differently to fast songs than slow songs. Importantly, it is possible for a song with a fast tempo to nonetheless be pretty low energy, and conversely songs with a slow tempo can be high energy (think dubstep.) Tempo is how “fast” a song is - in other words, the number of beats of music per minute (BPM.) This is an easy one, since as a dancer it also determines how many steps you will take per minute. So to aid other dancers who may not yet be familiar with these very useful musical terms: here they are. Over the years I’ve picked up various techniques and terms for this that help me to think about the structure of music, talk about it, and yes, even dance to it. I think that one of the big impediments to learning musicality is that many people lack the language to verbalize music.
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