How To Listen For Tempo | Hearing Tempo | Aural Skills

Learn how to listen for tempo! What's tempo? The tempo is the speed of the music. So today, we are going to figure out how to hear and identify tempos of different music.
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[@Waylude]

You teach like Dora the explorer but I appreciate you regardless

[@MusiciansAddition]

I've heard that a couple times. Lol. It's more of the cheerleader in me, but hey, as long as people are having fun and learning, that's all that matters. :)

[@Arconz-Official]

@@MusiciansAddition this comment made me subscribe 💀 Dora teaching me how to find the beat is gangster

[@MusiciansAddition]

@@Arconz-Official Thank you!

[@peacefulcreativity444]

i love the idea of how to practice this extra on my own thank you!

[@MusiciansAddition]

So glad to help! & the more practice you get, the better!

[@stephanieacello6840]

Great explanation!

[@gilbertsevdays]

5:05 i can't believe those beats were the same tempo category with amazing grace

[@tomasdhernandez740]

Thanks for helping

[@MusiciansAddition]

Glad I could help!

[@blood_love_2470]

Thank you im in band and I'm was stressing out because of the shmrg we have to do so thank you alot

[@MusiciansAddition]

You're welcome! & aural skills can be stressful. It's one of those things, the more you do it, the more you know it.

[@blood_love_2470]

@@MusiciansAddition yeah true but seriously thanks it was hard I was like what am I going to do

[@miladbarikani3591]

and I have another problem ​too .beats and drums are easy to find but the melody itself is confusing to count.some have 2 bar some have 8 and classicals seems unlimited ! I mean the repeating term (looping) is not helping in melody a lot is there any other way to understand the tempo and rhythm of a sample

[@TylerDaleJr.McCarty]

@ 6:30 ... 100 BPM is andante not allegro. I was tracking all the way up till then in the video and I said out loud "whaaat??"

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

Do you have one for hearing Time Signature?

[@MusiciansAddition]

Unfortunately, I don't. It can be hard to figure some of them out, like hearing the difference between 4/4, 2/4, and even 2/2. You can tell the difference between 4/4, 3/4, and if you've played long enough, 6/8. My suggestion would be to get the metronome once you figure out the tempo, and try to see if the song fits 4/4. If it doesn't quite fit, try 3/4. Play around, count out loud and see what fits best.

[@TylerDaleJr.McCarty]

Also, in the beginning you explain moderato as 108 - 120 and allegro as 109 - 132. So they're the same thing? The back of my Korg metronome has a list of tempos. It says moderato is 108 - 120 and allegro is *120 - 168*. I get that vivace falls under allegro as kind of a subcategory.

[@miladbarikani3591]

what if the tempo be 140 but the drums playing like 70 is it 70? a lot of modern songs are like this they write it on double but it feels half

[@MusiciansAddition]

Is there a particular song you are looking at? It'll help me explain it if we look at that song.

[@miladbarikani3591]

@@MusiciansAddition like , a lot of new electronic or trap or dubstep songs i dont know like gucci mane - trap house Its written originally in double tempo but feels slow

[@MusiciansAddition]

So I don't really follow rap or Dub, so I asked my producer friend. He said to always listen to the drums. They are the ones that set the pace and the tempo.

[@deependratamang6138]

Rhcp snow???whats happening in that song??Says its in 105 bpm but always breaks with metronome.

[@john-paulbitler3657]

It’s called a halftime feel. It would still be ~140

[@HypoRealFacts]

Where do these names come from? Largo, Allergo, Moderato? DEFINITELY not America

[@MusiciansAddition]

They're Italian words

[@arnelbee]

4:51 I got 170 😔

[@john-paulbitler3657]

I got 160. I think she got it wrong. 130 would be like a house track

[@josealfonso2117]

"moderoto"? "vivice"... lady, you are a musician... learn some basic italian :-)