Music Choice And Slide Transition Speed

Music choice is important and can make or break a show.  This is largely a matter of personal taste.  But here are some thoughts that to me, just make sense.

If  the music chosen has a fast pace, then follow that lead by setting faster/shorter transition times between slides that are fairly compatible with the tempo.  If slower/long transition times are used with fast paced music, it  sends a confusing message to the viewer’s visual and audio senses.

Along the same line, if the music chosen has a slow tempo, match that with longer transition time between slides.

As an experiment, find two pieces of music, one with a slow tempo and one with a very fast tempo and make two sample shows with the same images.  Set transitions in the first one to match the tempo and in the second one, just swap the music but keep the same transition times.

I have a tendency to prefer shows with transition times and music tempo that match somewhat.

To me, the show that doesn’t have transition time to match the music tempo is like sitting next to a person that can’t clap to the beat of the music!

Try it and see for yourself which one you prefer.