MP3

MP3 Square Dance Music List

Rich Reel 5 Mar 2007

This is "active" square dance music that's on my 2nd Generation iPod Nano 8GB.

List of Music available sorted by: Title Label Type BPM...

Title - Song Name - Titles beginning with an underscore _ are pre-looped patter-length versions, about 12 minutes, with a subtle musical hint in the last phrase. Titles with no underscore are the usual 7 x 64 beat phrasing, primarily singing calls.

Label - Square dance record label, recording artist, karaoke version, etc.

Type - Use or energy level

SD_Dry - Little or no melody, often simple chord progression and strong beat

SD_Teach - Non-distracting music that lets dancers concentrate on learning

SD_Easy - Very relaxed feel. Nice for a last tip

SD_Patter - Regular, baseline music for all occasions - still very good

SD_Show - Upbeat, more exciting music for "show"

SD_NRG - Super High Energy! (Wind-in-the-face choreography required)

SDSing - Singing calls, 7 x 64 beats unless specifically noted otherwise

SDSpecial - Birthday, graduation, etc.

BPM - Beats Per Minute - This is the average BPM of my digitized version which may not be at the original tempo. I have tempo-corrected most of my music that was outside the range 124...130 BPM (preserving original pitch). A second BPM number in parentheses ( ) shows the original BPM (not all have this). Some added since 2006 have been corrected for tempo variation as well. A "v" after a BPM number indicates the tempo varies more than 2 BPM. If you are a square dance caller and own a legal copy of any music you see here, and would like a copy of my mp3, please contact me.