Editing Ice dance (section)

===Music===
All programs in each discipline of figure skating must be skated to music.<ref>S&P/ID 2022, p. 11</ref> The ISU has allowed vocals in the music used in ice dance since the 1997–1998 season,<ref name="coleporter">{{cite news |last1=Hersh |first1=Philip |date=23 October 2014 |title=Figure Skating Taking Cole Porter Approach: Anything Goes |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-music-lyrics-figure-skating-spt-1024-20141023-column.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316113755/https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-music-lyrics-figure-skating-spt-1024-20141023-column.html |archive-date=16 March 2019 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> most likely because of the difficulty in finding suitable music without words for certain genres.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clarey |first1=Christopher |date=18 February 2014 |title='Rhapsody in Blue' or Rap? Skating Will Add Vocals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/sports/olympics/rhapsody-in-blue-or-rap-skating-will-add-vocals.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707185102/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/sports/olympics/rhapsody-in-blue-or-rap-skating-will-add-vocals.html |archive-date=7 July 2017 |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>{{Efn|The use of vocals was expanded to all disciplines starting in 2014.<ref name="coleporter"/>}}

Violations against the music requirements have a two-point deduction, and violations against the dance tempo requirements have a one-point deduction.<ref name="ISU 2022-19">S&P/ID 2022, p. 19</ref> If the quality or tempo of the music the team uses in their program is deficient, or if there is a stop or interruption in their music, for any reason, they must stop skating when they become aware of the problem "or at the acoustic signal of the Referee",<ref name="ISU 2022-19" /> whichever occurs first. If any problems with the music happens within 20 seconds after they have begun their program, the team can choose to either restart their program or to continue from the point where they have stopped performing. If they decide to continue from the point where they stopped, they are continued to be judged at that point onward, as well as their performance up to that point.<ref name="ISU 2022-19" /> If any of the mentioned problems occurs over 20 seconds after the start of their program, the team can resume their program from the point of the interruption or at the point immediately before an element, if the interruption occurred at the entrance to or during the element. The element must be deleted from the team's score and the team can repeat the deleted element when they resume their program. No deductions are made for interruptions caused by music deficiencies.<ref>S&P/ID 2022, pp. 90–91</ref>

The ISU provides the following definitions of musical terms used in the scoring of ice dance:<ref>S&P/ID 2022, p. 134</ref>

* '''[[Beat (music)|Beat]]''' – "A [[Musical note|note]] defining the regular recurring divisions of a piece of music."
* '''[[Tempo]]''' – "The speed of music in Beats or Measures per minute."
* '''[[Rhythm]]''' – "The regularly repeated pattern of accented and unaccented Beats which gives the music its character."
* '''[[Measure (music)|Measure]]''' (Bar) – "A unit of music which is defined by the periodic recurrence of the accent. Such units are of equal number of Beats."
* '''Strong Beat''' – "The first Beat of the Measure or group of two Measures supporting the skating count of the Rhythm."
* '''Weak Beat''' – "For Rhythms with a skating count on two Measures, the first Beat of the second Measure."