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Waltz Music Playlist

We sort music to create lists of songs for every need.  Here we have a list of waltz songs suitable for dancing the standard ballroom slow waltz (also known as the English waltz).

Waltz Music Playlist, Waltz Song List

The three-quarter time signature of waltz has a distinctive 1-2-3; 1-2-3 feel and rhythm pattern. The music and the step timing may be counted 1,2,3; 1,2,3. The first beat of each measure is accented and this corresponds to the aggressive driving step that is taken on count one. Great waltz music can be found in most music genres, including rock, country, pop, and classical. The standard tempo for dancing the standard slow waltz (the English waltz) is 28-30 bars (measures) per minute. Since each bar (measure) has three beats of music, the standard tempo for dancing the waltz is 84-90 beats per minute. This required tempo range applies to both the American style ballroom waltz and the international style ballroom waltz. Note: the Viennese waltz requires a much faster music tempo.

It becomes very difficult to dance the standard waltz to music outside the tempo range of 80-96 beats per minute. Unfortunately most of the popular waltz music you might hear on the radio has a tempo outside the range required for dancing or it has a beat that is difficult to hear. So, most ballroom studios use special waltz music performed by ballroom orchestras. Such music has a "strict" tempo (28-30 bars/minute) and a pronounced easy-to-hear beat and rythm. Unfortunately such specialty music is usually not available from the popular music download sites. Instead, the producers typically release the music only on CD's to minimize piracy. The big vendors include casa-musica (http://www.casa-musica-shop.de/), danceshopper.com, ballroomdancers.com, thedancestoreonline.com, and dancevision.com.

Although much of the "strict tempo" waltz music comes from the specialty sources described above, a fair amount of very good waltz music is available from the popular music download stores. I have selected the best of the popular and downloadable music for the table below. So, this is list of popular and recognizable songs with a tempo and beat suitable for dancing the standard slow waltz (the English waltz). The list includes the title, artist, and tempo in beats per minute or measures (bars) per minute. Be careful when looking at lists of waltz music on other web sites that are created by non-dancers. There's a bunch of waltz music in the world, but only about 15% of the popular songs have the correct tempo and the distinct beat and rythm required for dancing the waltz.

Here is a playlist of contemporary waltz music suitable for dancing the ballroom waltz.

Here is a playlist of instrumental waltz music suitable for dancing the ballroom waltz.

Here is a playlist of country-western waltz music suitable for dancing the waltz.

This site is still being developed.  So, check back regularly.  We intend to build it out to create a one stop source for music playlists.

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