Humppa is a type of music from Finland. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It is related to jazz and very fast foxtrot, played two beats to a bar. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States FoxTrot is an American Comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Amend. A beat is the basic Time Unit of a piece of Music; for example each tick sounded by a Metronome would correspond to a beat In Musical notation, a bar or measure is a segment of time defined as a given number of beats of a given duration Typical speed is about 250 to 280 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances danced to humppa music. Social dance is a major category or classification of Danceforms or dance styles where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing 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. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside Social dance is a major category or classification of Danceforms or dance styles where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the 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. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September (and running to early October 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. Mediatubaogg -->The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched Brass instrument. (The related German style is known as oompah. Oom-pah or umpapa is the rhythmical sound of a deep Brass instrument in a band, a form of background Ostinato. )

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. In partner dancing, closed position is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each other In couples dancing open position refers to positions in which partners are connected primarily at the hands as opposed to closer body contact, as in Closed position The second Humppa form is related to Two-step, that came to Finland in 1910. The two-step is a step found in many Folk dances and in various other dances This Humppa has some rhythm and movement from Samba and Waltz. Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of Samba is a lively rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin in 2/4 time danced under the Samba music. The waltz is a ballroom and folk Dance in time, performed primarily in Closed position. 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.

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

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 Humppa band founded 1993, that plays humppa and Jenkka music in Germany,

Humppa is also popular among some hacker culture aficionados. In Computing, hacker has several meanings A community of enthusiast Computer programmers and Systems designers originated in the 1960s

The band Eläkeläiset is mostly known for its humppa versions of popular mainstream music. Eläkeläiset ( Finnish for "pensioners" is a Humppa band founded 1993, that plays humppa and Jenkka music in Germany,

The Finnish metal band Finntroll combines folk metal and humppa elements. Finntroll is a Folk metal band from Finland. They combine elements of Black metal with Finnish Polka, called Humppa Folk metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s They describe their music as "trollish humppa metal" (with Swedish lyrics). A troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology.

References

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

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