Dance music-BPM

Beats per minute became common terminology in popular music during the disco era because of its usefulness to DJ's, and remain important in dance music.In this context the beats measured are either crotchets in the time signature, or drum beats, whichever is more frequent.


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Higher BPM values are therefore achievable by increasing the number of drum beats, without increasing the tempo of the music.More extreme BPMs are achievable at the same underlying tempo with very fast drum patterns, often expressed as drum rolls.Such compositions often exhibit a much slower underlying tempo, but may increase the BPM by adding additional percussive beats.


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