[iTunes] What is BPM [beats per minute]

[Louis A Bustamante]

On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 07:33  AM, Anton Wilson wrote:
> iTunes 4 has a new tag entry 'BPM' which is listed in the column view 
> options as 'beats per minute'. Is this just the musical notation 
> 'beats' or something else.
> Thanks
> Anton

Beat Per Minute is something I personally asked Apple to include with 
iTunes... and apparently so did a lot of other people. BPM is the speed 
of the song, literally how many beats are in one minute of a song. It's 
a tool used by DJs to mix records together. For instance, Blondie's 
"Rapture" and Bananarama's "Cruel Summer" are both roughly 108 BPM, so 
they could mix together very well, while Pink's "Get This Party 
Started" and Dirty Vegas' "Days Go By" are both around 128 BPM, so they 
could go together well. That is when mixed by a DJ with a little 
talent. :)

Louis
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