21 Sep
2019
21 Sep
'19
6:50 p.m.
On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:36:37 -0400, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
Tempo for contra is often below 120 bpm.� I learned
to call squares at about 128 bpm.
Is this significant difference the norm, and if so why?
If you're talking about unphrased squares (Southern or MWSD) maybe people can cope
with a faster tempo because the caller waits
until they've finished a move, whereas a contra is supposed to be fitted to the
music.
Colin Hume