tempos...

[leventis]

Hello again!

I was looking for a site or generaly info about the various tempos (for metroneome) that go with traditional greek songs.

In example, a just learned how to play "Gianni mou to mantili sou", but can not find the right tempo to play it.
Likewise, I want to proceed to other songs and still want to find the tempos!

Any ideas???

Thnx in advance!

[tseligas]

OK,

Here is the hard way that I prefer since you will BUILD some intuition on the BPM's.

A) Listen to the song, preferably with earphones. Relax and follow the beat. Start nodding your head or tapping.
B) Notice the marking on the beginning of the sheet music. 3/4, 4/4 etc. Then you count 1...2...3 for 3/4 and 1...2...3...4 for 4/4 etc...
C) Look at the clock and let 15 sec's pass as you measure the beats. (each node or tap is a beat)
D) Stop at 15 secs and lets say you got 20 beats. Do 4 x 20 = 80 BPMs (4 is cause you have 4x 15 secs in 60 secs or 1 min.)

So now you know where to put your metronome BPM's.
I 'd suggest to start with slower BPM's than the actual song in the beginning. Don't try to play fast! try to play correct!

The easy way is to get one of these software:
ACID (Import an mp3 and it will calculate BPM for you)
ANY DJ software (and there are many free out there) will also calculate that.
ex. Traktor

Here is a free software to do that:
http://www.mixmeister.com/bpmanalyzer/bpmanalyzer.asp

And don't forget to get a suggested metronome from here:
http://www.klarinogreek.com/content/en/B...sories.php

You can also put the measure of the piece in the metronome like 3/4 or 4/4 or 7/8 so that it hits the first beat correctly every time.

Hope this helped!

Geia sou LEVENTI!

[leventis]

Many thnx, my friend!!!

Very clever the "hard" way and you can always find the correct beat, even in the same song that has different executions (solos?), right???

I will try it, although I might stivh with the..."easy" way! :p

[tseligas]

Well, give me an example and I will be specific...but here is the case.

In 99% of the songs the BPM's are steady...The only 1% I have in my head is Raiko that goes faster halfway...

If you talk about the solos that you hear in the end of a song then yes they on the same BPM...

But sometimes they start with a solo that may not necessary have a tempo...This is called A RUMBATO. And essentialy it is completely free expression without fixed BPMs

For example the Solo that I gave for Balamos:
http://www.klarinogreek.com/content/en/S...alamos.php

Is a RUMBATO...which means there is no measure..

Leventi! I am working on your request too! Give me a week!