My Experience - On the Technics keyboards prior to the KN6000, I found that a comfortable Bossa tempo was about 66 - 70. KN6000, KN7000 tempo double ie 132 - 140.

I've just checked the tempo of the original recording of Girl from Ipanema (Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto). It is 127 -128, measured against the KN7000's Bossa rhythm. I would think that the tempo quoted on your sheet music is a bit over the top, unless Stan and Astrud are running to catch the 'A' Train

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Willum

[This message has been edited by Bill Norrie (edited 03-05-2003).]
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Willum

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is Music.
Aldous Huxley
( especially when the music is played on a KN7000....)