How about tempo? Seems a default tempo on sequencers/metronomes is 100-120 bpm. Does this have some correlation to the human pulse or something?
Not mine, that's for sure ;-) I like lower tempi, as 60-90 bpm, so that you may also play in "double tempo". This is the dub and drum-n-bass idiom.
The reason that 120bpm is the default is that it was decided that it is roughly the heart rate of a 'normal' person engaging in moderate physical activity (ie dancing).
I can't remember how I know this- I remember being told by someone who was in the know at some point in the past- blame my years of clubbing and attendant recreational pharmaceutical habits for this lapse in ...um... ... er... ... what was I talking about again?
Regards,
Jim Richmond |
