Tempo - Measures Per Minute

Measures per Minute (MPM) or bars per minute is another way to measure the speed of music: the number of measures in one minute. It is commonly used in ballroom dance music. For example, in Waltz, the dancer would count 1 2 3 1 2 3 in his/her head.

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