“Señorita” song; what style of dance?

[Delivers1234]

Suggestions?

From Wikipedia:"Señorita" is a Latin pop song, written in the key of A minor with a common time tempo of 117 BPM.

 

[j_alexandra]

When I play it at a dance, people either rumba or WCS to it.

 

[dj_slim]

I'm guessing this may not be true for the venue you are asking about, but I have been getting a lot of requests for it as a line dance from the country western crowd.

 

[tangotime]

Suggestions?

From Wikipedia:"Señorita" is a Latin pop song, written in the key of A minor with a common time tempo of 117 BPM.

Unless it's written In odd timing, then it should not end in an odd BPM ( like 116... 29 bars ), And speed alone does not reflect the style of dance .

 

[opendoor]

..speed alone does not reflect the style of dance..

So true!

The crowd intuitively starts Bachata with this song, Delivers.

 

[Delivers1234]

Thank you. I’m thinking about partner dancing. Not sure if I hear the bachata beat.

actually maybe bachata does work.

 

[David_In_CA]

Unless it's written In odd timing, then it should not end in an odd BPM ( like 116... 29 bars ),

Why is that?
I think most songs are just whatever tempo feels good to the artists, and will have any number of Beats Per Minute.

 

[opendoor]

..have any number of Beats Per Minute.

Exactly, the music comes first. Dancers have to adapt to the music, never ever the other way round!

 

[Voomer]

Thank you. I’m thinking about partner dancing. Not sure if I hear the bachata beat.

actually maybe bachata does work.

There is a popular bachata remix of the song that is played quite often at socials:

 

[tangotime]

Why is that?
I think most songs are just whatever tempo feels good to the artists, and will have any number of Beats Per Minute.

David, you are conflating 'Speed' with style. My point was one cannot define any song ( without hearing it ) by speed alone . And yes, the speed can determine 'style'..

 

[David_In_CA]

David, you are conflating 'Speed' with style. My point was one cannot define any song ( without hearing it ) by speed alone . And yes, the speed can determine 'style'..

I was responding to your statement that a song "should not end in an odd BPM ( like 116... 29 bars )" and trying to understand what an odd BPM is.

 

[tangotime]

I was responding to your statement that a song "should not end in an odd BPM ( like 116... 29 bars )" and trying to understand what an odd BPM is.

Ahhhh. OK. an odd number ( Like a bar with 5 notes ) is generally not the way music is written.. A " trail " off note at the end of song is really not part of the written piece jusy an exit point..

Point in fact ;

Choreos are normally put together with an even number of notes per bar and in all likely hood an even number of bars for the whole song.. Is that necessary ? a moot point .

I have never heard any musician saying " Yea, it's 48 and one half . > bars " .

 

[j_alexandra]

There is a popular bachata remix of the song that is played quite often at socials:

ooooooo I can use this!
thanks!

 

[Wannabe Triple Threat]

Ahhhh. OK. an odd number ( Like a bar with 5 notes ) is generally not the way music is written.. A " trail " off note at the end of song is really not part of the written piece jusy an exit point..

Point in fact ;

Choreos are normally put together with an even number of notes per bar and in all likely hood an even number of bars for the whole song.. Is that necessary ? a moot point .

I have never heard any musician saying " Yea, it's 48 and one half . > bars " .

I think you are conflating tempo with meter. While it is true that the tempi are often put at even numbers, they can absolutely be odd numbered as well. I could have two songs in common time, 4/4, one that is slow (think Foxtrot or Bolero) and one that is fast (Bachata or Cha Cha). It doesn't change the fact that each musical measure will have four beats in a measure, and each "dance measure" will be two bars of four.

The speed (tempo) of the different songs is what determines the BPM (beats per minute).

I also disagree about determining speed and style. I can quite definitively say that if I know a song is 60 bpm, even without hearing it, it probably isn't going to be a Cha Cha or Bachata because it is not stylistically appropriate.

Also, a "trail off note" is absolutely written into the piece as such. It still has a meter even if written as a ritardando or diminuendo. What a dancer chooses to choreograph to it can vary greatly.

 

[opendoor]

..an odd number ( Like a bar with 5 notes ) is generally not the way music is written..

You are going to ignore a great deal of dance music, tt. The Valse impaire in 5/4 is quite popular! Watch the linked performance and count along.