Paul McCartney wrote this as Hey Jules, a song meant to comfort John Lennon's 5-year-old son Julian as his parents were getting a divorce. The change to Jude was inspired by the character Jud in the musical Oklahoma! (McCartney loves show tunes)
The medical term for a slow heart rate is bradycardia; generally defined as a heart rate below 60 bpm (beats per minute). In contrast, tachycardia means fast heart rate above 100 bpm.
Slow Heartbeat. Slow heartbeat (heart rate), called bradycardia, is an arrhythmia, or disorder of the heartâs rhythm. Each day, a normal heart beats about 100,000 times, at a rate anyÂ­where from 60 to 100 times a minute. Changes in heart rate caused by activity, diet, medications, and age are normal and common.hat counts as an abnormally slow heartbeat for one person may not be the same for another. For example, a young, strong, healthy athlete may have a resting heart rate of 30-40 beats per minute, but may easily increase his heart rate to 180 beats per minute with exercise. This is normal.