Humppa is a type of music from Finland. It is related to jazz and very fast foxtrot, played two beats to a bar. Typical speed is about 250 to 280 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances danced to humppa music. All dances involve bounce that follows the strong bass of the music. In Finnish language, the word humppa can also be used for all social dancing. The name humppa was invented by Antero Alpola for a radio show in 1950s. He picked it up from German Oktoberfest where the locals used the word to describe the playing of the band. The band probably used a tuba, as the sound of tuba on the first beat is like hump, the second beat coming as a pa. (The related German style is known as oompah.) Allegory of Music on the Opéra Garnier Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... This article is about the dance. ... See also the beat disambiguation page. ... In musical notation, a bar or measure is a segment of time defined as a given number of beats of a given duration. ... Social dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing. ... Finnish ( ) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92%[2] as mother tongue) and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. ... Social dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing. ... Oktoberfest Main Entrance Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. ... The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide. ... Oom-pah is an onomatopoeic name for a type of Germanic music typically involving brass instruments. ...

One form of Humppa dance is related to One-step, that arrived in Finland 1913. In this kind of humppa, both dancers take a step on each first beat (on "hump") and progress to the direction of dance. This is danced making turns in closed position or making figures by changing various open positions. The second Humppa form is related to Two-step, that came to Finland in 1910. This Humppa has some rhythm and movement from Samba and Waltz. A third form of dance, Nilkku, is based on a slow, slow, quick, quick rhythm. The first quick step hardly takes any weight and gives the dance an appearance of limping. Basic Step, Basic Movement, basic pattern, or simply Basic is the very basic dance move that defines the character of a particular dance. ... In couple dancing, closed position is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each other. ... Open position - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Main articles: Hardcore punk, Mosh Hardcore dancing is a form of mosh (or slamdancing), an activity performed in a mosh pit at hardcore music shows. ... For the popular Tamil film, see Rhythm (film) Rhythm (Greek = flow, or in Modern Greek, style) is the variation of the accentuation of sounds or other events over time. ... Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin in 2/4 time danced under the Samba music. ... The waltz (G.: Walzer, It. ...

Social dancing in Finland had a decline due to new dances that were danced alone, such as the Twist, becoming popular in 1960s. Social dancing however never died and Humppa has maintained an important role in the dance events until today. The twist was a rock and roll dance popular in the early 1960s. ...

Due to the joyfulness of the music style, even those who don't know how to dance know the music style at least from various humorous artists, such as the Eläkeläiset. Eläkeläiset (Finnish for pensioners) is a Finnish humppa band founded 1994. ...

Humppa is also popular among BSD programmers and other hacker culture aficionados. Especially Eläkeläiset is popular, especially since they make humppa versions of popular mainstream music. BSD redirects here; for other uses see BSD (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Eläkeläiset (Finnish for pensioners) is a Finnish humppa band founded 1994. ...

The Finnish metal band Finntroll combines black metal and humppa elements. They describe their music as "trollish humppa metal" (with Swedish lyrics). Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... Black metal is a type of extreme heavy metal music that started in the early 1980s. ... Trolls with an abducted princess (John Bauer, 1915). ...

References

• The Finnish dance server http://tanssi.net/fi/tausta/humppa.html