1 Tap Sound
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4 Tap Sounds
Multiple Sound Patterns
History
100
Holding the foot off the floor, drop the ball tap and lift up off the floor.
What is nerve tap?
100
Brush the toe tap forward, then place the toe tap down, without taking weight.
What is a slap?
100
1. forward brush the ball tap 2. backward brush the ball tap 3. step on the ball tap of the same foot 4. quickly step on the ball tap of the opposite foot
What is shuffle ball-change?
100
A sideways traveling pattern: leap, shuffle, leap
What is a buffalo?
100
Tap dance had its roots in this time era.
What is slavery in America?
200
Brush the toe tap in a backward motion off the floor.
What is spank?
200
A forward brush with the toe tap, followed by a backward brush with the toe tap.
What is a shuffle?
200
1. leap to the right foot 2. brush the left toe tap forward 3. brush the left toe tap backward 4. leap to the left foot
What is buffalo?
200
Right leap, left shuffle, left leap, toe tip right
What is maxi ford?
200
Minstrel shows of the 1800's is where this man became the first famous tap dancer.
Who is Master Juba?
300
Touch the tip of the toe tap to the floor, and lift up?
What is toe tip?
300
Step on the ball of one foot and then quickly step on the ball of the opposite foot.
What is ball-change?
300
1. brush ball tap forward 2. brush same ball tap across the standing leg 3. hop on standing leg 4. step on opposite foot
What is Irish?
300
Pattern: shuffle, step, shuffle, step, shuffle, ball-change, shuffle, step
What is shim-sham?
300
Back in 1942, she was most famous for her record breaking tap sounds of 598 taps per minute.
Who is Ann Miller?
400
Stepping on the floor with the whole foot, not taking weight, and lifting it back up.
What is a stomp?
400
Step on the ball of the foot and then drop the heel of that same foot.
What is step-heel?
400
1. step on ball of right foot, with weight 2. step on ball of left foot, with weight 3. drop heel tap of right foot 4. drop heel tap of left foot
What is cramp roll?
400
Pattern: stomp right, hop on left, step right, flap left, step on right
What is stomp time step?
400
A contemporary tap dancer who has choreographed tap for Broadway musicals and movies.
Who is Savion Glover?
500
Stepping on the floor with the whole foot down, taking weight.
What is a stamp?
500
Touch the edge of the heel tap on the floor and then brush back the ball tap of the same foot.
What is (heel)dig-spank?
500
1. heel dig the right foot 2. spank the right foot 3. step on the right foot 4. drop the heel of the right foot
What is paradiddle?
500
This can be added to a stomp side step to "double" the pattern. It can be added after the hop.
What is shuffle?
500
An animated movie that featured tap dancing penguins.
What is Happy Feet?
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