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Notes1. Copyright Waiver: People such as choreographers and writers are encouraged to copy data from any of these very useful workbooks; the Dancing and Related Skills and books extracted there from. Except for paintings and illustrations contained therin, data may be copied except for purposes in direct financial competition. 2. Dancedifferences.com: See our companion website, and sign up for our monthly newsletter on Dance Differences Rarely unique to one particular style of dance, these Dancing and Related Skills volumes cover and relate many of the various dance disciplines to each other. Examples are:
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SIX-COUNT and EIGHT-COUNT SWING When in 4/4 time, "Six-Count" refers to particular footwork patterns that repeat theirselves every six cadence beats, while "Eight-Count" repeat theirselves every eight cadence beats. Both "Six-Count" and "Eight-Count" count body movements in relation to the beat of the music. In 4/4 time, a "Six-Count" pattern is 1 1/2 music measures long, while an "Eight-Count" pattern is two measures long. In 4/4 time, a "Six-Count" dance pattern can repeat itself every three constant measures, normally beginning to repeat its pattern upon the beginning of its fourth measure. The simpler "Eight-Count" pattern repeats after each two measures. In 4/4 time, allotted timing differs for dancing steps taken: For "Six-Count", "Slow" can take one music beat (count) while "Quick" can take one-half of a beat. For "Eight-Count", "Slow" can take two music beats while "Quick" can take one beat. What follows are two excerpts from the new DANCING and Related SKILLS Encyclopedia by CoupleDanceWorld. Defining Right and left footwork within these excerpts, Right Feet words begin Capitalized while left feet words begin in lower-case letters: Six-Count-Swing, including Six-Count-Triple-Timing: The following many means of Stepping and Timing Six-Count Break-Patterns to the 4/4 Time Rhythm of Swing-Dance. Man may Coupledance Six-Count, 1 1/2-Measures, in the following 16 different ways: (1) slow hold Slow Hold, tap hold = Half-Timing, (see Tiawanese-Jitterbug.) (2) tap hold slow hold, Slow Hold = Half-Timing. (3) slow hold Slow Hold, slow Slow = Single-Timing, Old-School, (see Rock-and-Roll-Swing.) (4) slow Slow slow hold, Slow Hold = Single-Timing, Modern, (see Mamou-Jitterbug.) (5) slow hold Tap Step, slow Slow = Single-then-Double-Timing, Old-School. (6) slow Slow tap step, Slow Hold = Single-then-Double-Timing, Modern. (7) tap step Slow Hold, slow Slow = Double-then-Single-Timing, Old-School. (8) slow Slow tap step, Slow Hold = Double-then-Single-Timing, Modern. (9) tap step Tap Step, slow Slow = Double-Timing, Old-School. (10) slow Slow tap step, Tap Step = Double-Timing, Modern. (11) slow Slow tap step, Quick and Slow = Double-then-Triple-Timing, Modern. (12) tap step Quick and Slow, slow Slow = Double-then-Triple-Timing, Old-School. (13) slow Slow quick And slow, Tap Step = Triple-then-Double-Timing, Modern. (14) quick And slow Tap Step, slow Slow = Triple-then-Double-Timing, Old-School. (15) slow Slow quick And slow, Quick and Slow = Triple-Timing, Modern. (16) quick And slow Quick and Slow, slow Slow = Triple-Timing, Old-School.
Notes: (1) Lady Follows Mirror-Image Opposite. (2) It is not an absolute requirement that the Lady match the Man's Break-Pattern or Footwork, except when in some Closed Position. (3) Kicks and/or Hops may be substituted for most or many of the Steps or Counts; i.e, quick And slow, Quick and Slow could be kick kick step, Kick Kick Step, or, kick Hop step, Kick hop Step. (4) Normally, Quicks take a 3/4-Beat; and, Ands take a 1/4-Beat Count. (5) A Beginner-Dancer might Practice alone, the above 16 Steps, by hanging onto some swinging door knob. (6) The Man might Stand almost immobile, or even completely Stationary, as he directs his Lady to Six-Count-Swing around and about him. (But the Man must also dance Eight-Count-Swing Figures.)
(See Basic-Rock, Basic-NewYorker, Starter-Step, Starter-Step-Modern, and Starter-Step-Old-School. Also see Six-Count, Eight-Count-Swing, Triple-Swing, Triples, Touch-Step, Step-Touch, Step-Ball-Change, ChaCha-Step, Kick-Kick-Step, Kick-Hop-Step, Skip, and Body-Rhythm. Also see Competition-Jive, Six-Count-Basic-Jive, and Eight-Count-Basic-Jive. Also see Tulsa.)
Eight-Count-Swing, including Eight-Count-Triple-Timing: There are many means of Stepping and Timing Eight-Count Break-Patterns to the 4/4 Time Rhythm of a Swing Coupledance. One might visualize Eight-Count-Swing as Six-Count-Swing #15 or #16 with two additional Slows between the Triples. Man may Coupledance Eight-Count, two-Measures, in the following eight ways: (1) slow Slow slow hold, Slow slow Slow Hold = Single-Timing. (2) slow hold Slow slow, Slow Hold slow Slow = Single-Timing. (3) slow Slow tap step, Slow slow Tap Step = Double-Timing. (4) tap step Slow slow, Tap Step slow Slow = Double-Timing. (5) slow Slow quick And slow, Slow slow Quick and Slow = Triple-Timing. (6) quick And slow Slow slow, Quick and Slow slow Slow = Triple-Timing. (7) slow Slow kick kick slow, Slow slow Kick Kick Slow = Triple-Timing. (8) kick kick slow Slow slow, Kick Kick Slow slow Slow = Triple-Timing.
Notes: (1) Lady Follows Mirror-Image Opposite. (2) It is not an absolute requirement that the Lady match the Man's Break-Pattern or Footwork, except when in some Closed Position. (3) Kicks and/or Hops may be substituted for most or many of the Steps or Counts; i.e, quick And slow, Quick and Slow could be kick kick step, Kick Kick Step, or, kick Hop step, Kick hop Step. (4) Normally, Quicks take a 3/4-Beat; and, Ands take a 1/4-Beat Count. (5) Eight-Count-Swing #5 is almost ChaCha Timing.
(See Eight-Count, Body-Rhythm, and Lindy-Timing. Also see Six-Count-Swing, Triple-Swing, Triples, Touch-Step, Step-Touch, Step-Ball-Change, ChaCha-Step, Kick-Kick-Step, Kick-Hop-Step, and Skip. Also see Competition-Jive, Six-Count-Basic-Jive, and Eight-Count-Basic-Jive. Also see Lindy-Hop, Lindy, and Speed-Lindy.)
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