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Ix-nay on the 3/4 time.
A horse has three footfall-beats and a pause-of-suspension beat in a canter…which makes for FOUR beats in time (three sounded, one unsounded ‘rest’ beat), so you will have to have an up-tempo piece in 4/4 time, though a 6/8 can also work.
A waltz will get out of time.[/QUOTE]
Good point. Just figured I do sing Row your Boat which works, and is 3/4 time.
Each horse is different. I had one the Timid Freida from the musicalJaques Brele is Alive and Well and Living in Paris worked. My current mare likes Lady Gaga songs. And I had one that I had to count… singing never worked on her.
Being a huge Beatles fan, I like “With a Little Help From My Friends”, especially if I want to slow my horse’s canter down. Something about the song just feels canter-y to me. “Eight Days a Week” I like for a bit of a faster pace.
Row, Row Row Your Boat isn’t in 3/4, it’s in 6/8. At least, I learned it that way- if you search the sheetmusic you will find it in 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8. It still works for a canter, because you can divide it into a ‘base four’.
I love listening to the recommended songs! Especially ‘Pump It’.
How about, Pat Benatar "Hit Me With Your Best Shot’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5kisPBwZOM
or Guns N Roses, 'Sweet Child O Mine’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4
For the pony that I have “Reel Around the Sun” the opening song from Riverdance fit her pace perfectly! It’s also a favorite song of mine
Moody Blues Tuesday Afternoon. My horse needs to canter to that on a nice afternoon.
The song Everybody Talks… Whenever I sing that in my head, our courses are amazing. LOL
“I want to be an airborne ranger”. for the hunters
Nerd alert: Game Of Thrones theme song. No words to mess me up.
I haven’t tried it, but I think Blake Shelton’s new song “Boys Round Here” would be pretty good.
I often find myself singing (or thinking) the song I Can’t Decide by the Scissors Sisters. The rhythm works for my mare, and the lyrics are very…let’s say truthful for some of our more interesting rides! Let’s just say I only sing it when mares and I are having a difference of opinion. Boys Round Here might work too. Also maybe Hey Jude by the Beatles?
I’m partial to humming the Indiana Jones theme.
I do Indiana Jones, too, when I need to energize or to extend stride. When I need to settle down or collect, I hum the Chariots of Fire theme song.
Lady Gaga, Bad Romance.
“Can’t Get It Out of My Head”
By Electric Light Orchestra.
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By Electric Light Orchestra.[/QUOTE]
Ohhh I haven’t heard that in such a long time. LOVE ELO!!
And now youtubed them to listen… 
“Anything but mine” by Kenny Chesney
As I read others, I realize we are reallllllyyy sllllooowwwww…
“Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley. Also helpful for calming my brain down at a show!
I thought of another good one. Bicycle Built for Two.
Roll with it by Massari… It’s perfect!
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