Tempo was a 2nd highlight in 2022 (out of 7 BRWs I managed to record because they arrived so late during that time)
Tempo was named so because his rhythms had different types of tempo on them, some were speedier while others were waltz and slower. I have noticed and wondered this many times while I have recorded the birds – some rhythms are sung much more often than other rhythms, some are sung only once or twice. That’s why I do these song analysis for fun to find out how many times this specific BRW likes to repeat specific rhythms, what are the most common and less common rhythms and what is the total amount of unique rhythms this specific BRW has.
NOTE: When repeats occur, the green repeated rhythm parts are clickable so you can get to that specific song part in audio form!
Song length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Audio 1: Viiplrr üvii (Occurs during song: 4) (🕒 7 seconds)
First rhythm of Tempo, a simple one, consisting of 3 samples
“Vhiirplr” sample was also heard on Meekos singing. Also very common heard during BRW singing. The ending on “Viiplrr” sounds so watery like he does the rasperry thing 😀
“Viiplrr” “Üvi” “hekk” 
Melodic rhythm
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Slow
Audio 2: Mist-kiivo (Occurs during song: 3) (🕒 27 seconds)
🕒 00:07: 2nd rhythm of Tempo, has a lovely, slightly melancholic tone on this part. 
“mistkiivo” is a common sample used by BRWs, this one is sung with slower tempo as I have heard this sample used by other BRWs and they have repeated this sample faster. This also always reminds me a word in Estonian “must” what means black.
“Mistkiivo” “Vhõtt” “thö” 
Melodic rhythm
11x
Slow
Audio 3: Vhit tinkwraurw (Occurs during song: 5) (🕒 27 seconds)
🕒 00:37: 3rd rhythm and looks like here is a slight variant of a samples I have heard before together – “kiiki”
and “wraurw” 
combined. Here he uses “Tink” 
and “Wraurw” instead.
“Vhit” “wraurw” “tink” 
11x
Middle speed
Audio 4: Viu tiks tsipatsipa (Occurs during song: 6) (🕒 8 seconds)
🕒 00:39: 4th rhythm! Here he uses a sample “viu tirrs”
without “tirrs” part. The “tsipatsipa”
part is interesting, like that part sounds like maracas.
“Viu” “tsipatsipa” “tink” “duk”
11x
Fast
Audio 5: Jüvi tsäk tsäk TRRRRRviu (Occurs during song: 4) (🕒 7 seconds)
🕒 00:47: 5th rhythm! I love when he sometimes becomes like a machine gun and shoots bunch of seeds out :D. It is an interesting sample, usually have heard this “Trrrrr” part on “Trrrrrriido” 
sample, looks like the “Trrrr” is a separate part 🙂 cause the “Vja” is part of a sample “Vja tututu” 
, so he mixed two different parts of samples to make an unique version sample – “VjaTrrrrrr” with more power and force on the shotgun like part! That’s how the onomatopoeias also help to see how this bird uses samples by taking some parts there and some here and mixes it into totally new sample!
“jüvi” “tsäk “Trrrrrr” “Viu” 
5x
Fast
It uses sequence like 1 2 1 3, where it goes between 2 different rhythms and adds 3rd between!
Audio 6: Vide-vjüü vide-vjüü (Occurs during song: 3) (🕒 10 seconds)
🕒 00:54: 6th rhythm! This is such a cute part! I always hear this as “pidupea” what means “party head”. The original sample is a “Videvo-vjüü” so this is a unique variant!
“Videvo-vjüü” “Törff”
5x
Middle
Audio 7: Viii vivi-vee (Occurs during song: 3) (🕒 9 seconds)
🕒 01:03: 7th rhythm! A common part on BRW, with those one note “Vii” “veve” and other parts, they love to play around with these parts!
“viii” “vivi-vee “Törff”
5x
Middle
Audio 8: Snii-ve Pitipiti (Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 5 seconds)
🕒 01:15: 8th rhythm! The sample “pitipiti” sounds interesting, like another machine gun shooting something out 😀 “Snii-ve” has also a slight variant from a sample “Snii-veve 
“snii veve” “tink” “kät”
1x
Middle
Audio 9: Psiuu frää (Occurs during song: 3) (🕒 11 seconds)
🕒 01:20: 9th rhythm! Interesting use of a “frää” sample, it almost sounds like it is reversed, the “psiu” and “frää” together make it sound like something goes forward and boomerangs back in reverse.
“psiu” “frää” “vhött” “frai”
7x
fast
Audio 10: Meoo miks (Occurs during song: 4) (🕒 26 seconds)
🕒 01:31: 10th rhythm! A classic rhythm on most BRWs, with a sample “meoo miks” what reminds me the catfood “meow mix”
“meo miks” “pidit” “tsäk”
7x
fast
Has a 1 2 1 3 sequence,
Audio 11: Kaitu kaitu (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 2 seconds)
🕒 01:56: 11th rhythm. Very small rhythm, consists only of kaitu
sample :D.
“kaitu”
1x
fast
Audio 12: Sisivüvü sisi njäär (Occurs during song: 4) (🕒 20 seconds)
🕒 01:58: 12 rhythm, what makes me laugh. The loud “Njäär” is like so randomly there. First is normal “sisivüvü” and then he like wants to purposely sing the one part wrong just to surprise you!
“sisivüvü” “töf” “njäär”
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fast
Audio 13: Viidju hüit hüit (Occurs during song: 5 (🕒 14 seconds)
🕒 02:18: 13th rhythm and the most classic one ever – the Viido/Viidju ones! Very very common among most BRWs, it is the best ID to know the bird is a BRW. In Estonia atleast as no other bird does the “viido/Viidju” part, so everytime if you hear this, it is always a BRW!
“Viidju” “hüit”
1x
fast
Audio 14: Tibutibu kik kik pitsju-veve (Occurs during song: 4) (🕒 14 seconds)
🕒 02:37: 14th rhythm. This one is interesting how he switches between two rhythms and plays around with great tit samples.
“kik/ti” “tibutibu” “ksi” “tsi” “töp” “vüjä” “pt-t” “pitsju-veve”
1x
fast
Audio 15: Üvrii visvis (Occurs during song: 3) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 03:04: 15th rhythm. Another rhythm what I have heard on other BRWs too, especially the “üvrii” and “vis vis” what always seem to be sung together.
“üvrii” “visvis” “thä”
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slow
Audio 16: Ii-tetete üüv-lik ii-tetete (Occurs during song: 4) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 03:23: 16th rhythm and what a rhythm!!! I was blown away when I heard it live! He suddenly started to sing waltz! I have never heard anything like that before. He managed to use these specific samples to make this part sound waltz and catchy melodic!! Talented little bird and one of Tempo’s unique cue!
“tötötötö” “lik” “üüv” “ii-tete” “kik” “flöö”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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This is a cue, what is very distinctive to this BRW and helps to separate it from other BRWs!
Audio 17: Üvii Vadeiiklökök (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 03:53: 17th rhythm. “Eii klöklök” is such a cool part. I always see it like lego falling apart at the end or bones fall.
“üvii” “kik” “diur” “virr” “Eiiklöklök” “plitt”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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Audio 18: Vhii dabüüta (Occurs during song: 6) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 04:15: 18th rhythm. The loud “Vhii” is a familiar sample used to make “Vhii darr darr” combo, so he has used this sample here too! Always loved the “dabüüta” as it sounds so bouncy and sofa like sounding, like if bird would bounce on a sofa and saying that :D.
“vhii” #Dabüüta” “krh”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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Audio 19: Visskviu Fadlifadifadi (Occurs during song: 3) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 04:27: 19th rhythm. Another common used park, the “Visskviu” . I have heard the “vissk” sample on other parts too, such as “Vissk tavüü”
“vissk” “vhiu” “fadifadi” “tök”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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slow
Audio 20: Tarrtartsi trt trt (Occurs during song: 4) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 05:00: 20th rhythm. This specific sample named “tartsi” always reminds me Estonian word “tantsi” (dance) so I always hear the “Tarr tartsi” as “ta tantsib” (they dance)
“tartsi” “trt”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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slow
Audio 21: Jüis bär bär tik tik tsii vöpvõeeh (Occurs during song: 5) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 05:16: 21th rhythm.
“jüis” “ver” “tsii tiktik” “vöpvõeeh” “viiu :(” “vriu”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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Audio 22: Tutuvüi tutuvüi vütüüi tink tink (Occurs during song: 3) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 05:47 21th rhythm.
“sssiup” “tütüvüi” “tink” “Vü-tüüi”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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fast
Audio 23: Liuvii terrn liuvii khee khee (Occurs during song: 4) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 06:06: 23rd rhythm.
“liuvii” “drrn” “whök” “khrai”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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fast
🕒 06:29: 2nd appearance of Psiuu frää what first was sung 01:20. Took him 6 minutes to repeat a rhythm. All other rhythms were new after eachother
Audio 24: Vhjä tuk tuk frädufrädu (Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 19 seconds)
“vhjä” “tuk” “frädu” “siii”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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fast
🕒 06:43: 24th rhythm. A rhythm I call as “Viaduct” as it was the first this part reminded me. This one is a harser version where “vja” is replaced with “vhjä”
Audio 25: Plüii plüii tsiurrpt (Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 06:54: 24th rhythm. Very cool and rhythmic part. I love how watery the long tailed tit mimicry “tsiurrpt” sounds, sounds like if bird bounces and lands into puddle 😀
“vhjä” “tuk” “frädu” “siii”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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fast
Audio 26: Vhit tink (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 07:08: A Variant of Vhit tinkwraurw without “wraurw”
“vhjä” “tuk” “frädu” “siii”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
fast
🕒 07:12: 2nd appearance of Viu tiks tsipatsipa
🕒 07:28: 2nd appearance of Jüvi tsäk tsäk TRRRRRviu
🕒 07:39: 2nd appearance of Vide-vjüü vide-vjüü
🕒 07:56: 2nd appearance of Viii vivi-vee
: All the above rhythms are in rhythm sequence, after Viu tiks tsipatsipa appeared Jüvi tsäk tsäk TRRRRRviu + Vide-vjüü vide-vjüü + Viii vivi-vee in order (will check later if true)
Audio 27: Ii-ve töp töp (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 19 seconds)
🕒 08:15: After many repeated parts a new rhythm appears!
“vhjä” “tuk” “frädu” “siii”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
fast
🕒 08:21: 2nd appearance of Viiplrr üvii took him 8 minutes 21 seconds to sing this rhythm again he started the recording with.
🕒 08:35: 2nd appearance of Mist-kiivo (29 seconds) : Viiplrr üvii and Mist-kiivo go together (Have to check later does it always happen)
🕒 09:03: 2nd appearance of Vhit tinkwraurw (9 seconds)
🕒 09:13: 3rd appearance of Viu tiks tsipatsipa (26 seconds)
After plenty of repeated rhythms, a new fresh rhythm is sung!
Audio 28: Ööda vhiir (Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 30 seconds)
🕒 09:39: I always hear this part as “Mööda viidik” Another quite common rhythm I have heard from different BRWs.
“Ööda” “Vhiiplrr” “tör”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
slow
🕒 09:13: 2nd appearance of Meoo miks (19 seconds)
🕒 10:28: 2nd appearance of Viidju hüit hüit (20 seconds)
🕒 10:48: 2nd appearance of Tibutibu kik kik pitsju-veve (24 seconds)
🕒 11:12: 2nd appearance of Üvrii visvis (13 seconds) Üvrii visvis
🕒 11:24: 2nd appearance of Tutuvüi tutuvüi vütüüi tink tink (17 seconds) Without tutuvüi sample
🕒 11:41: 2nd appearance of Liuvii terrn liuvii khee khee (19 seconds)
🕒 12:00: 3rd appearance of Psiuu frää (9 seconds)
New rhythm appears!
Audio 29: Klii klii (Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 30 seconds)
“frai” “kik kik” “plika” “Psi” “Klii” “tön”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
fast
12:25: 2nd appearance of Kaitu kaitu (2 seconds) This time a variant where he repeats the last part of “kaitu” sample into “Ka-tai-tutututu”
🕒 12:27: 2nd appearance of Ii-tetete üüv-lik ii-tetete (36 seconds)
🕒 13:03: 2nd appearance of Vhii dabüüta (11 seconds)
Audio 30: Jüo tükk(Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 6 seconds)
🕒 13:17: I always hear this part as “joodik” (drunk) :D.
“jüo” “tükk”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
fast
🕒13:20: 2nd appearance of Tarrtartsi trt trt (3 seconds)
🕒13:24: 2nd appearance of Sisivüvü sisi njäär (14 seconds)
🕒13:37: 2nd appearance of Snii-ve Pitipiti (20 seconds)
🕒13:58: 3rd appearance of Vhit tinkwraurw (4 seconds)
🕒13:58: 4th appearance of Viu tiks tsipatsipa (11 seconds)
🕒14:12: 3rd appearance of Jüvi tsäk tsäk TRRRRRviu (4 seconds)
🕒14:17: 3rd appearance of Vide-vjüü vide-vjüü (16 seconds)
🕒14:33: 3rd appearance of Viii vivi-vee (16 seconds)
🕒14:49: 2nd appearance of Jüis bär bär tik tik tsii vöpvõeeh (23 seconds)
New rhythm comes, a slight variant of Tutuvüi tutuvüi vütüüi tink tink one
Audio 31: Pshi-viiiu khä khä (Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 6 seconds)
🕒 15:12: I guess the other tütüvüi part was very tiny rhythm before he changed to something else so this is full version of this rhythm.
“psh” “Viiiu :(” “käh” “kaitu” “tütüvüi” “tuff”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
fast
Audio 32: Psisisi vii psisisi vii (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 6 seconds)
🕒 15:27: Very interesting random small rhythm. I love the fast part of “psisisi vii” . Also a variant of “pillu” which is “illu”
“psisisi” “vii” “kt” “Prö” “klää” “pillu”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
fast
🕒15:33: 2nd appearance of Klii klii (18 seconds)
Audio 33: Krrii pejüit pejüit (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 12 seconds)
🕒15:50: Very interesting rhythm! I love the new sound “pejõit” what sounds so bouncy, like a rubber ball bouncing!
“rruip” “psipp” “deo” “do” “Krrii” “pejüit”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
fast
🕒16:03: 2nd appearance of Ööda vhiir (17 seconds)
Audio 34: Sn-üüit pidit pidit snüüit pörpör(Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 12 seconds)
🕒16:15: That is an amazing rhythm, I love how precise the rhythm is with the gtit mimicry using. Very catchy too!
“snüüit” “pidit” “pörpör”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
fast
1 2 1 3 1 2 1 3
Audio 35: Psiu üüit psiu sjunöö (Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 16 seconds)
🕒16:29:
“töh” “üüit” “vsiu” “sju” “nöö” “vhh”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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slow
Audio 36: Wre tuvisju tin tin Iiiiiii (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 16 seconds)
🕒16:44: That “tuvisju” is also interesting part, like how bouncy and lazery it sounds
“wre” “tuvisju” “IiIiIiI” “khöt”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
slow
🕒16:58: 3rd occurence of Viidju hüit hüit (20 seconds)
🕒17:19: 3rd occurence of Sisivüvü sisi njäär (12 seconds)
🕒17:31: 3rd occurence of Liuvii terrn liuvii khee khee (19 seconds)
🕒17:49: 3rd occurence of Meoo miks (19 seconds)
Audio 37: Siiii vüüüeee (Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 25 seconds)
🕒18:09: The saddest sounding part! It’s like he is sighing in and out while being sad.
“siii” “üüeee” “kaitu” “jüo” “tükk”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
slow
Audio 38: Psss tevot tevot (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 25 seconds)
🕒18:34: I love the “tevot” sound! Like some button what gets pressed
“psss” “tevot” “räuf”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
1x
slow
Audio 39: Vadis kiivö tövöt tövöt (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 25 seconds)
🕒18:39: He shows his rhythm talent here! You can hear hoe well he is capable of keeping a tempo constant while switching between 3 rhythms.
“vadis” “kiivö” “tövöt” “terrn” “trt”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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Audio 40: Vihehehü trrh trrh (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 25 seconds)
🕒18:57: Another common part on BRW, the laugh sounding “Vihehehü” ! They love doing these random laughs sometimes, varying in different styles.
“vihehehü” “trrh”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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🕒19:15: 2nd occurence of Psiu üüit psiu sjunöö (18 seconds)
🕒19:33: 2nd occurence of Sn-üüit pidit pidit snüüit pörpör (7 seconds)
🕒19:40: 3rd occurence of Viiplrr üvii (12 seconds)
🕒19:53: 3rd occurence of Jüis bär bär tik tik tsii vöpvõeeh (7 seconds) (Alternate version, without “tsii tiktik”
🕒20:06: 3rd occurence of Tutuvüi tutuvüi vütüüi tink tink (12 seconds)
🕒20:18: 3rd occurence of Üvrii visvis (12 seconds)
🕒20:31: 3rd occurence of Ii-tetete üüv-lik ii-tetete (29 seconds)
🕒21:00: 3rd occurence of Vhii dabüüta (10 seconds) with extra added sample “däär”
Audio 41: Vihihi viü viü (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 25 seconds)
🕒21:10: I always hear this part sad toned, especially the “viü viü” one.
“sihihi” “viü” “krh” “tölö”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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🕒21:20: 4th occurence of Vhit tinkwraurw (4 seconds)
🕒21:25: 5th occurence of Viu tiks tsipatsipa (15 seconds)
🕒21:40: 4th occurence of Jüvi tsäk tsäk TRRRRRviu (9 seconds)
🕒21:49: 4th occurence of Jüis bär bär tik tik tsii vöpvõeeh (18 seconds)
🕒22:07: 3rd occurence of Tarrtartsi trt trt (10 seconds)
🕒22:17: 2nd occurence of Vhjä tuk tuk frädufrädu (15 seconds)
🕒22:17: 2nd occurence of Plüii plüii tsiurrpt (10 seconds)
🕒22:32: 4th occurence of Vhii dabüüta (2 seconds) wow shortest part ever, he thought to sing other rhythm which is
🕒22:44: 2nd occurence of Visskviu Fadlifadifadi (18 seconds)
Audio 42: Vt vt tibutibutibu (Occurs during song: 2) (🕒 25 seconds)
🕒23:02: Slight variant of Tibutibu kik kik pitsju-veve, what has a different toned “tibutibu”. This one is slightly lower toned and each “tibu” end goes slightly down.
“töp” “vidvi” “vt-t” “tibutibutibu” “ksi”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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🕒23:17: 3rd appearance of Tibutibu kik kik pitsju-veve (17 seconds)
🕒23:34: 4th appearance of Viidju hüit hüit (16 seconds)
🕒23:50: 4th appearance of Sisivüvü sisi njäär (20 seconds)
🕒24:09: 4th appearance of Liuvii terrn liuvii khee khee (20 seconds)
🕒24:30: 4th appearance of Meoo miks (18 seconds)
🕒24:47: 2nd appearance of Pshi-viiiu khä khä (25 seconds)
🕒25:12: 5th appearance of Jüis bär bär tik tik tsii vöpvõeeh (12 seconds)
🕒25:23: 4th appearance of Tarrtartsi trt trt (15 seconds)
Audio 43: Vt vt tibutibutibu (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 24 seconds)
🕒25:40: New rhythm with a swift mimicry! I love the small rhythm with the samples “toit” and “shi”
“viiir” “töp” “ii-ve” “tink” “toit” “shi””
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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🕒26:04: 4th appearance of Vhii dabüüta (14 seconds)
🕒26:19: 2nd appearance of Siiii vüüüeee (8 seconds)
🕒26:27: 2nd appearance of Psss tevot tevot (8 seconds)
🕒26:35: 2nd appearance of Vadis kiivö tövöt tövöt (24 seconds)
🕒26:59: 4th appearance of Viiplrr üvii (16 seconds)
🕒27:15: 3rd appearance of Mist-kiivo (20 seconds)
🕒27:36: 5th appearance of Vhit tinkwraurw (4 seconds)
🕒27:40: 6th appearance of Viu tiks tsipatsipa (10 seconds)
🕒27:49: 4th appearance of Ii-tetete üüv-lik ii-tetete (24 seconds)
🕒28:14: 6th appearance of Vhii dabüüta (7 seconds)
🕒28:21: 3th appearance of Visskviu Fadlifadifadi (18 seconds)
🕒28:39: 2nd appearance of Vt vt tibutibutibu (39 seconds)
🕒29:18: 4th appearance of Tibutibu kik kik pitsju-veve (18 seconds)
🕒29:35: 5th appearance of Viidju hüit hüit (21 seconds)
Audio 44: Psipsi sirrrrrr (Occurs during song: 1) (🕒 5 seconds)
🕒29:56: Thats a cool way to use the blue tit sample. The ending has a cool straight vibrato sound.
“psipsisirrrr” “türi” “hött”
Catchy melodic rhythm!
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