 West Coast Swing can be danced to almost any music written in time.In the past, the ideal speed for West Coast Swing was cited as 32 measures per minute (32x4 = 128 bpm), compared to advice to choose "records that are around 28 mpm" (28×4= 112 bpm) for "Western Swing".In its 2014–2016 rules UCWDC specified a range of 102–114 bpm with a preferred speed of 108 bpm "for all."