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Be able to count off at various tempos without a metronome.
Listen to these songs below often and sing along to the chorus parts. Memorise the bpm of each song. This will give you a broad spread of the most common range of tempos. For faster or slower tempos than those listed simply double or halve the appropriate song tempo from the list - e.g. for 160bpm sing the first cut is the deepest and then double the tempo. I've included a few song words to help. sing just these then count in e.g. 'it’s criminal how you can…1...2...3...4...'

BPM song title – artist ~ line

155 All My Lovin' – Beatles ~ Close your eyes and I’ll miss you
150 Crocodile Rock – Elton John ~ I remember when rock was …
145 Times Like These – Foo Fighters ~ it’s times like these you learn to live again…
140 Hard Day's Night – Beatles ~ it’s been a hard day’s night
135 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC ~ dirty deeds done dirt cheap
130 Twist And Shout – Beatles ~ woah shake it up baby now
125 Hail Caesar – AC/DC ~ all hail Caesar
120 Invisible Man – Queen ~ it’s criminal how you can…
115 Bad – Michael Jackson ~ you know I’m bad, I’m bad
110 Yellow Submarine – Beatles ~ we all live in the Yellow Submarine
105 Anybody Seen My Baby – Rolling Stones ~ has anybody seen my…
100 Aeroplane – Red Hot Chilli Peppers ~ I like pleasure spiked with pain…
95 The Look – Roxette ~ tasted like a raindrop, she's got the look
90 River Of Dreams – Billy Joel ~ in the middle of the night
85 Ironic – Alanis Morissette ~ its like rain on your wedding day…
80 First Cut Is The Deepest – Sheryl Crow ~ the first cut is the deepest

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