Up-tempo
The Oxford Dictionaries define up tempo as a musical term for fast, very fast or increased tempo. The term comes from popular music , exists in the German language as Anglicism and is not fully determinable. Up-tempo interpretations can be found especially in funpunk . The punk band The Dickies owes its success particularly to up-tempo cover versions of well-known pop songs.
In jazz, blues and rhythm & blues
Up-tempo or uptempo refers to a tempo in jazz , blues and rhythm & blues that is faster than 208 BPM . 208 BPM is the fastest reading on the metronome scale. The exact BPM specification of an up-tempo song with the help of a conventional metronome is therefore impossible. However, according to Halbe, the metronome can be related to longer note values. The specification of a value is not binding.
Musicians like Charlie Parker served as role models. An example of a piece that is often played up-tempo is Donna Lee ( Bobby Watson , Wynton Marsalis , Wallace Roney or Stefano Di Battista, for example, play this song at around 320 BPM).
Up-tempo is not limited to whole pieces, so up-tempo solos can already be found in Swing , for example in Fats Waller's Ain´t Misbehavin´ . In African rhythms, too, there are collective accelerations, introduced by a kind of urge, the so-called échauffement , while maintaining the basic rhythmic motif.
In electronic music
In electronic dance music , up-tempo is a generic term for a fast tempo, for example in Hi-NRG , UK Garage or Gabber .
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/uptempo
- ↑ in the redhot archive as ra-file.
- ↑ Djembé rhythms