Tutorial: ANIMATING RHYTHM AND DANCE

Tutorial: ANIMATING RHYTHM AND DANCE: Of course, if you want to be precise, or if the shot is particularly long, you can certainly read the track and mark down exactly which frames the beat hits. In this case, you will never be more than a half frame off on your sync.
It must be noted that characters can dance with or without music. If the character is dancing an unaccompanied jig of joy, then you can just pick a tempo and go with that. I usually pick 120BPM, simply because it's easy at a half second per beat.