Hi,

Can anyone suggest music for a very slow international rumba - slower than the usual 25 bpm?

Thanks so much in advance!

rumbagal. If you want a really slow Rumba which has been used in a demonstration by Paul Killick Google Paul Killick then Video then second one down.. Try The Greatest Performance Of My Life. sung by Shirley Bassey. 20 BPM

when you say 25 or 20 bpm do you mean beats per minute? because that is roughly one beat of music every three seconds in rumba music. i am confused please help

To the rest of the world BPM means Bars Per Minute and not beats per minute. Haven't you noticed that any disks from the UK or Germany have written along side the tune .24 or whatever bpm and 64bpm written also,which means the total amount of bars on that particular song. There are in 4/4 time four beats to one bar of music. In dance music which is eight bar phrased there are usually eight blocks of eight each containing eight bars in one phrase. Think of each page of a book as one bar. In one chapter there are eight pages. In the book there are eight chapters. Equalling 64 pages or 64 bars of music.

thank you that does clarify things one more question though and this comes because i have a musical background and not a dance background why refer to them as bars and not measures? is there a dance specific reason that will help me in my dancing? or is it just a term? i am only asking because my instructor has as strong a musical background as dance background (she played flute and danced ballet from a very young age). is she just talking to me in a language i already know? should i be learning other terms? thank you again for any clarification