# BPM and yoyoing **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bpm-and-yoyoing/65976 "2014-05-06T01:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UsagiCat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/usagicat/32/1482_2.png) [@UsagiCat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/UsagiCat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bpm-and-yoyoing/65976/1 "2014-05-06T01:52:34Z")
I thought this would be an interesting topic. Whenever I yoyo, I find that I get myself into certain moods, where yoyoing to music choices of a certain BPM seem to match up with how I’m throwing that day, and without even noticing, Ill choose multiple songs of that same BPM as I go through my normal yoyo routine. It goes a level beyond just music preference and into actual rhythm and ones own pacing. For myself in the last few days, I’ve been favoring song choices around the 99-100 bpm, which a lot of my favorite hip hop type instrumentals fall into. It helps me yoyo in a more laid back and calm way, What about the rest of you? ---
**Author:** ![qpwoei12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/qpwoei12/32/396_2.png) [@qpwoei12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/qpwoei12)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bpm-and-yoyoing/65976/2 "2014-05-06T01:57:48Z")
Man, you like thinking about the spiritual part of yoyoing huh? 😃 I do find that sometimes music will affect how I play or vice versa. Interesting observation… ---
**Author:** ![dirty\_duggan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@dirty\_duggan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dirty_duggan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bpm-and-yoyoing/65976/3 "2014-05-06T03:37:06Z")
I like to yoyo while listening to raggae. I’m not sure on the BPM, but it results in some relaxing throwing. ---
**Author:** ![Mrjackthepoodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mrjackthepoodle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mrjackthepoodle)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bpm-and-yoyoing/65976/4 "2014-05-06T04:46:16Z")
Ive been watching DBZ from start to finish while yo-yoing…only on the Frieza or however you spell it saga…long way to go… ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bpm-and-yoyoing/65976/5 "2014-05-06T07:06:47Z")
The BPM aspect is very interesting to me. Because I choose to not even listen to any kind of music when I throw. I find the more quiet it is, the more focused and relaxed I feel when throwing. When I watch Yoyo videos, I almost always mute the volume. Some of the the very best freestyles seem to have pretty lame music. I understand that it would be pretty boring for people attending Yoyo contests, to sit around and watch Yoers all day throw with No Music, lol. But when I throw, I am not competing. And when I watch recorded freestyles, I am not at a Contest. So the movement and the silence is more ‘Zen’ to me. Now… That being said; when I am not yoing, I crank up the sounds and rattle windows, hahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Mikers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bpm-and-yoyoing/65976/6 "2014-05-06T07:26:02Z")
> [@dirty\_duggan](#): > > I like to yoyo while listening to raggae. I’m not sure on the BPM, but it results in some relaxing throwing. Its the half-time feel you get from the drums. Promise. 🙂 A good example of this would be the “One Drop”(go figure!)drum pattern. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bpm-and-yoyoing/65976/7 "2014-05-07T01:14:52Z")
> [@Mrjackthepoodle](#): > > Ive been watching DBZ from start to finish while yo-yoing…only on the Frieza or however you spell it saga…long way to go… Freeza ---
**Author:** ![Dreamer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dreamer/32/217610_2.png) [@Dreamer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bpm-and-yoyoing/65976/8 "2014-05-07T02:13:45Z")
I’m not sure about BPM, but I like music that isn’t too slow. Music that is fast a lot of times I can work with it by just letting multiple beats go by between string hits/tricks/moves. That being said, the most important part for me is throwing to a song that I know. The better I know a song the more fun it is to throw to it. Songs that I know like the back of my hand and those ingrained into my soul are the best to throw to, so amazing that there are no words.