Rhythm refers to the combination of strong beats and weak beats. There are many strong and weak sounds that appear repeatedly in a certain order within the same length of time, forming regular changes in strength and weakness.

Dancers must first determine what kind of dance music this is? In other words, something is going to be danced soon. For those who are experienced in the dance hall, this is just a matter of conditioned reflex, but for those who are new to ballroom dancing, it may not be that simple. They often don’t know whether to dance three steps or four steps. As for ordinary people dancing such as rumba and tango, I can't even respond to the songs that I don't get many. It’s difficult to figure out the rhythm of dance music, so first improve your musical literacy, listen more, and understand more.

Since the footwork of general ballroom dance is strictly linked to the rhythm of dance music, so to "bravely step out with your feet" you must understand the rhythm of dance music. Compared with ordinary song music, ballroom dance music has been professionally produced, with obvious beats and drum beats. The drum beats on the heavy beat are louder, and there is a clear difference between the drum beats on the weak beat.

If you listen carefully to the intensity of the drum beats, you can easily identify whether it is in three beats or four beats. The former of course requires a three-step waltz (slow three, medium three) or a Viennese waltz (fast three). ), and the latter obviously has to choose between four-step dances. Generally, dance halls often play slow four-step, four-step, fast four-step dance music, Jitterbug (little La) dance music is also played more often, and rumba and tango dance music is played more frequently. Less often, you can find their respective figures in the different styles of beats and drums.

The more you listen, the more you will develop a sense of music. In this way, you can easily master not only the beats of dance music, but also the beats of all songs~~ If you have the conditions, you can learn an instrument, which will help your rhythm. Feeling will also help a lot!

Before 1970, dance music referred to swing music, rock, soul and R&B. But at this time, dance music only referred to dancehall music, and it was not a music style at that time. After disco began to be popularized in 1970, by the end of the 1970s, a new form of music appeared

using electronic elements, which is actually electronic dance music, but it is different from the current distorted electronic dance music. no the same. What I’m talking about here purely refers to those “electronic music that makes people dance”, but the term electronic dance music didn’t exist at that time.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia—Dance Music