Music selection and adaptation for exercising

1. A method for providing music while exercising, the method comprising:

detecting a pace of exercise;

selecting a music segment based on the pace;

modifying the music segment to correlate a tempo of the music segment to the pace of exercise;

introducing a delay in the modified music segment to synchronize the modified music segment to cycles of the pace of exercise; and

playing the modified music segment in one or more speakers, wherein operations of the method are executed by a processor.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein modifying the music segment further includes:

changing the tempo of the music segment to match the pace of exercise while maintaining a pitch of the music segment.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein selecting the music segment further includes:

identifying one or more songs in a music library, wherein the one or more songs have tempos within a predetermined threshold of difference with the pace of exercise; and

selecting one of the one or more songs.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein selecting the music segment further includes:

to motivate a person exercising to increase the pace, selecting the music segment having a faster tempo than the pace of exercise; and

to motivate the person exercising to decrease the pace, selecting the music segment having a slower tempo than the pace of exercise.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein selecting the music segment further includes:

selecting a song having the tempo that is a multiple of the pace or a song having the pace being a multiple of the tempo of the song.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein detecting the pace of exercise further includes:

receiving pace information from one or more of a pedometer, an accelerometer, an inertial sensor, an exercise machine sensor, an exercise crank, a bicycle wheel sensor, a sensor placed in a shoe, or a sensor in an exercise pad.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein selecting the music segment further includes:

selecting a song from a music library.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein selecting the music segment further includes:

sending a request to a music service provider for a song having a tempo within a predetermined threshold of difference with the pace of exercise.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the exercise includes one of running, biking, rowing, working on an exercise machine, climbing stairs, or swimming.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein operations of the method are performed by a computer program when executed by one or more processors, the computer program being embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

11. A method for providing music while exercising, the method comprising:

detecting a pace of exercise for each section of an exercise program;

for each section, selecting a music segment based on the pace of exercise of the section;

modifying the music segment to correlate a tempo of the music segment to the pace of exercise of the section;

adjusting a volume of the modified music segment based on a difference between the pace of exercise and the tempo; and

playing the modified music segment in one or more speakers, wherein operations of the method are executed by a processor.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein modifying the music segment further includes:

changing the tempo of the music segment to match the pace of exercise while maintaining a pitch of the music segment.

13. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein modifying the music segment further includes:

after modifying the music segment, introducing a delay in the modified music segment to synchronize the modified music segment to cycles of the pace of exercise.

14. The method as recited in claim 11 , further including:

detecting a heart rate of a person exercising; and

providing a music segment based on the heart rate.

15. A system for providing music while exercising, the system comprising:

a sensor operable to detect a pace of exercise;

a processor, wherein the processor is operable to:

select a music segment based on the pace;

modify the music segment to correlate a tempo of the music segment to the pace of exercise; and

introduce a delay in the modified music segment to synchronize the modified music segment to cycles of the pace of exercise; and

one or more speakers operable to play the modified music segment.

16. The system of claim 15 , further including a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including:

an option to select a source for the music segment;

an option to select an exercise program; and

an option to select a desired pace of exercise.

17. The system of claim 15 , further including:

a heart rate monitor operable to detect a heart rate of a person exercising.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein modifying the music segment further includes:

changing the tempo of the music segment to match the pace of exercise while maintaining a pitch of the music segment.

19. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein introducing the delay further includes:

introducing the delay in increments during a plurality of cycles of the pace of exercise.