Music for Dancing
What I use for teaching
In each PDF playlist, the songs at the top are usually the slowest; they get faster as you go down the list.
There are usually a few songs at the end of the list which are not necessarily fast, but are either repeats by a different artist, from a different album, or are just different--they might not be great or typical songs for that dance, but they still work.
All of the web playlists are in alphabetical order by the song title; it's not as helpful at identifying songs with particular tempi, but it let me get all the dances up quickly.
| Dance | html | Dance | html | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolero | web | Cha Cha | web | ||||
| Cuban Motion Drill | web | East Coast Swing | web | ||||
| Foxtrot | web | Hustle | web | ||||
| Mambo | web | Merengue | web | ||||
| Night Club 2 Step | web | Peabody | web | ||||
| Polka | web | Quickstep | web | ||||
| Rumba | web | Samba | web | ||||
| Tango | web | Viennese Waltz | web | ||||
| Waltz | web | West Coast Swing | web | ||||
Formal standards
Coming Soon
Links for Acquiring Music
Try here to see my recommendations and maybe even buy some of them.