Editing Humppa (section)

{{Short description|Type of music from Finland}}{{More citations needed|date=May 2025}}[[File:Elakelaiset on strage.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Finnish Humppa-Band [[Eläkeläiset]] on stage]]
[[File:Humppafestivaalit satamatorilla.jpg|thumb|right|220px|"Humppa music" festival held between 1977-1988 in [[Lappeenranta]]]]

'''Humppa''' is a type of music from [[Finland]]. It is related to [[jazz]] and fast [[Foxtrot (dance)|foxtrot]], played two [[beat (music)|beat]]s to a [[bar (music)|bar]] ({{music|time|2|4}} or {{music|time|2|2}}) at around 110 to 130 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few [[social dance]]s done to humppa music. All dances involve a bounce that follows the strong bass. In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the word ''humppa'' can be used for [[Social dance|social dancing]]. The name humppa was invented by [[Antero Alpola]] for a radio show in the 1950s. He picked it up from [[Germany|German]] [[Oktoberfest]] where the locals used the word [[oompah]] to describe the music. 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''.<ref name="TANSSI"/>