Humppa Of Finland
Humppa is a type of music from Finland. It is related to jazz and fast Foxtrot (dance), foxtrot, played two beat (music), beats to a bar (music), bar ( or ) at around 110 to 130 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances done to humppa music. All dances involve a bounce that follows the strong bass. In Finnish language, Finnish, the word ''humppa'' can be used for Social dance, social dancing. The name humppa was invented by Antero Alpola for a radio show in the 1950s. He picked it up from Germany, German Oktoberfest where the locals used the word oompah to describe the music. 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''. Dances Three different dances are typically danced to humppa music. They existed long before the word "humppa" was coined. One form of Humppa dance is related to one-step, which arrived in Finland 1913. In this kind of humppa, both dancers take a step on each fi ...
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