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Music to ride by?

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To break up the monotony and help me keep a good rhythm, I'd like to play some music while I ride. Looking for suggestions for good songs to walk/trot/canter by! I'm pretty open to all genres, but not overly fond of country and prefer nothing heavy. Classical, jazz, blues, rock, folk, it's all good. Not a huge fan of pop.

Do you ride to music? What kind?
 
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If you know your horse's approximate bpm for each gait, you can use jog.fm to find songs to match the gaits and make playlists in another app (I use spotify). This site is for running/working out but I find it has a much wider selection of songs to use, and unlike other sites you can listen to clips of the songs to see if they would match your horse well. Equimusic is another one but like I said, more limited and not as easy to search.
 
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I didn't know that Woodhaven! Thanks!

This one is ridiculously expensive - they'll send you two CDs for the low low price of 200$ Ready-To-Ride Dressage Freestyle CDs

But this one is really neat. It explains how to find the beats per minute for your horse's gaits and then provides a repertoire of songs that have the correct beat. They don't actually sell the songs, but you can get them on itunes or something pretty cheap. I might just put a routine together!
 
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That's a great idea Jan, but I'm not talking about using earphones. My plan is to set up a little CD player / Ipod station by the barn so we can go through our drills to music! I wouldn't want to shut out exterior sounds because Kodak can spook so it's best if I'm hearing what she's hearing! I hope the neighbors like my tunes!

Have discovered a violinist called Vanessa Mae who has some really rocking takes on classics! Her Contradanza () and Red Hot () should work well at the trot. I may just take out my laptop and dry it to see if the beat is right. I have a few selections for walk and cooldown. No idea what to use for cantering yet. I do prefer instrumentals because they allow me to focus on rhythm more.
 
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I haven't ridden to music, since last time I showed free style reining.
When I ride, the quiet and sound of my horse's feet, or the sound of nature, is my /music'
Far as songs I used that worked well for free style reining
Gypsies tramps and thieves , by Cher
Of course, a song often used, 'The devil went down to Georgia
I rode to Painted Black, by the Rolling Stones
Mountain Music worked great, for spins esp!
 
#14 ·
East coast fiddle music is often good to ride to. I also like instrumental band music.
When I am getting a free style together, I do a video of my horse, walk trot, canter then play the video and music when in the house and see what music matches each gait.
I also will use a metronome to establish the no of beats for walk trot canter and then check the BPM on some music

they say to put a white polo on one leg and it makes it easier to figure out the BPM for the horse. I do a lot of this from the video as I am working alone and can see how the horse is moving when watching.

It's a lot of fun putting together a free style.

You could also graduate to a Pas de Deux with your daughter and Harley.
 
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Lorena McKinnitt -Marco Polo (instrumental)
-Night Ride Across the Caucuses (vocal)
Vanessa Mae – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (instrumental)
Since you already enjoy her:

Smetana – The Moldau
Ernesto Lecuona "Malaguena" from Suite Espagnol No.6 Cairo Opera Orchestra
Bizet -Toreador Song (great for practicing lead changes!)

There used to be someone at the top of the mountain that would play a Native American Flute every night in the summer that I could hear when I was riding. Then he moved I think, because I haven’t heard it since. So I had to buy my own NA type music.

-Nahoma
-Ly-O-Lay Ale Loya (The counterclock wise circle dance)
-Yeha Noha
-Enigma- Return to Innocence
 
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I don't know if you have a Thrift Shop in your area but I have gotten some very good CD's that way. There is often a very good selection of music, I usually look for instrumental and the Big Bands, or Marching Bands are good to listen to and ride to.

If you find some pieces that you like, you can load them into your computer, several different ones and burn a CD for riding to.
 
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