Songs that flow well with working trot?

[Ticker]

I was riding a freestyle in competition and had decided to go down the long rail instead of the diagonal…just before the test.

Well…the music swelled and my dear horse tucked his butt under for the turn out of the corner into the diagonal …against my aids to go straight… puffed his front end up and went into a lovely extended trot across the diagonal. I couldn’t help but laugh and had a big grin on my face thru the rest of the freestyle.
He knew exactly what to do when the music changed!
Yes, horses respond to the tempo and I think they learn the music as well.

[Scandias]

[QUOTE=Ticker;7595064]
I was riding a freestyle in competition and had decided to go down the long rail instead of the diagonal…just before the test.

Well…the music swelled and my dear horse tucked his butt under for the turn out of the corner into the diagonal …against my aids to go straight… puffed his front end up and went into a lovely extended trot across the diagonal. I couldn’t help but laugh and had a big grin on my face thru the rest of the freestyle.
He knew exactly what to do when the music changed!
Yes, horses respond to the tempo and I think they learn the music as well.[/QUOTE]

A gelding at the barn I take lessons at, likes to do his own tempi changes. He gets fussy if you try to correct him. You simply point him down the diagonal and he does the whole routine on his own!

[carlos_smith]

There are many people who like to listens songs at the time of riding, when they are busy with their horse or some related activity. It is important to know which songs would work fine when it comes to working trot. My cousin suggested that Born this way by Lady Gaga but I told him that it would not work because my mare would not be able to keep up with that song as it is too fast for it to handle.

So later I got to know about some songs like Mickey by Toni Basil, Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison, What I Like About You by The Romantics, Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton and We Got The Beat by The Go-Go’s would work perfectly fine according to the situation I just mentioned above. My classmate recommended that I need to know about the beats per minute of the trot that I want to establish, then select songs with the right number would be helpful. You may see a valuable source like https://getsongbpm.com/

[Equibrit]

My horses liked Fleetwood Mac; [URL=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7U7XtYeq8c&feature=youtu.be”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7U7...ature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV9JJmSCiI8

Faster; https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf5dfv

If you have access to an arena with a good sound system. they can feel it too.

[Shagyas_Rock]

You can sing or hum to yourself at first and thus create your own tempo. One of my favorites is “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” from “Oklahoma!” -
“Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
when I take you out in the surrey
when I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top !”
You just need something in two four time that goes “one two one two one two. . .”

[SuzieQNutter]

Jingle Bells.

[SarahandSam]

MixMeister BPM analyzer is a $3 download that’s currently on sale for a dollar… it allows you to check the BPM of any song.