silly dressage question

[parsley]

Are you supposed to have one tune for dressage to music at different speeds to match the horse's paces or are you supposed to have different tunes?

 

[merlinsquest]

Different music for different tempo/gaits

 

[parsley]

Is there an easy way to check whether the beat matches the speed of the horse? OH, son and me have been peering and can't decide whether the horse or music is too fast. It looks dreadful though

 

[carthorse]

Watch your horse walk/ trot and canter. Count the beats for a minute in each pace by watching the hindlegs[ in canter you just watch one leg and double it].Then download mixmeister free bpm and put the music you like in there ,you may have to set your computer so it doesn't work with copyright,then you can see which music suits your horse
Or this site has lots of music with the bpm already on
http://www.equimusic.com/

 

[Solitaire07]

I also like to ride to lots of different music so I can gauge my horses reaction and the impact it has on his way of going!