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BPM (beats per minute)
I'm interested to hear what people consider a good speed for beginners, vs. intermediate freestyle, vs advanced & competitive wcs. I wouldn't call myselfr a DJ but a bunch of us get together for informal wcs, I want to download new music.
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23/May/2006, 11:24 pm
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Re: BPM (beats per minute)
ALl I know is under 100 bpm is ideal for learning/beginners.
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24/May/2006, 1:37 pm
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Re: BPM (beats per minute)
I struggle with anything above 95bpm! My brain seems incapable of thinking ahead to the next move, and I lose style completely when it gets to 110ish.
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25/May/2006, 8:42 pm
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Re: BPM (beats per minute)
P.S. Does this get easier as time goes on? Or are there just 'slow' wcs dancers?
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25/May/2006, 8:43 pm
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Re: BPM (beats per minute)
Im not at the point yet where I can dance well up-tempo, I have the same probem 
I can easly keep with the beat & rhythm but the triples can get lost and my connection becomes very tight. I put this down to inexperience.
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26/May/2006, 12:01 pm
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Re: BPM (beats per minute)
At faster speeds I substitute triples for checks/taps. With speeds above 110bpm you can't really triple too much or it gets bouncy. 
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2/Jun/2006, 5:22 pm
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Re: BPM (beats per minute)
Fast WCS used to be 130bpm+.
Normal WCS used to be 100 - 120 bpm.
Anything below 90 would clear the floor, because noone could dance to it.
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3/Jun/2006, 9:24 am
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Re: BPM (beats per minute)
quote:
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Fast WCS used to be 130bpm+.
Normal WCS used to be 100 - 120 bpm.
Anything below 90 would clear the floor, because noone could dance to it.
I can 
And above 130 is a no-go zone (for me)
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3/Jun/2006, 10:55 pm
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Re: BPM (beats per minute)
When you say "used to be", what exactly do you mean? Have the recommended BPMs changed recently?!
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4/Jun/2006, 5:45 pm
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Re: BPM (beats per minute)
"Used to be" as in from when I started doing WCS 15-20 years ago, to about 3 years ago.
In the US you get more slower music than you used to. But you still get some faster stuff.
There is a peculiar situation in the UK where a lot of people have started WCS in the last 3 years, having had a background in Modern Jive. The teachers play slower music to give people a chance to do the footwork. But people seem to assume that this is the normal music, and you can't dance to anything faster.
With good technique, WCS works up unchanged from 80 to about 130bpm. You can cut out some of the more complicated steps and extend it to beyond 140bpm.
Restricting yourself to 95 or 110 bpm prevents you from dancing to much of the best WCS music produced.
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4/Jun/2006, 10:51 pm
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