We learned about history of Tap Dancing in Part 1 of gain knowledge, now let us talk about different sounds in tap dancing.
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Basic Sound Part 1
CLAP Clap your hands.
TAP Tap with the ball with out weight transfer.
SNAP Fingersnap.
STEP Step with the ball, (or flat foot) changing weight .
STOMP Full flat foot with out changing weight.
STAMP Full flat foot step with weight change.
BRUSH Hitting the floor with the ball in a pushing motion.
BRUSH BACK
PULL BACK
SPANK Brush (spank) back with the ball (pull-bck is also a 4 beat back-jump).
SCUFF Forward brush with heel, end in the air.
CHUG Short slide fwd with a heel-drop
HOP Leaving ground and landing on the same foot. (temps levé).
TOE The pointe of your shoes.
LEAP / JUMP Leaving ground and landing on the other foot. (jeté).
HEEL Heel
PICK UP Brush to top, brush up (lifting the knee).
NERVE TAP / rolls Very fast taps or touches on one foot
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Basic Part 2
CRAMP STP-HE
WALK HE-BALL, double walk HE-BALL HE-BALL
BALL CHANGE Change weight R+L ball-stamp (step-stamp), or stamp-stamp.
SHUFFLE Brush forward and back with ball.
SCUFFLE Like the shuffle but with the heel. ( heel-brush back).
PULL- BACK STP Brush-back step.
CHUGG Glissement avant sur le pied plat.
CLICK (Heel-click ou toe-click)
ROLLS Tap-heel-tap-heel ( a fast go forward-and-come-back-sequence.)
FLAP Brush forward and down on ball (brush-ball), or tp-stp in a jumping sequence.
SLAP Brush-step sans transfert de poids.
RIFF Brush-heel forward or side.
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Basic Sound Part 3
LE Brush-heel-spank .
FLAT RIFF BRSH-HE-BALL
PULL BACKS Spank-step right Spank-step left in one single jump
CRAMP ROLLS (single) Four steps crammed together;
STP-right,STP-left, HE-right , HE-left,
CRAMP ROLLS (change) STP-right, STP-left, HE-left,HE-right
CRAMP ROLLS (double) with flap at the beginning
CRAMP ROLLS (triple) with shuffle at the beginning
PADDLES & ROLLS HE brshBCK STP HE, R+L accent on the end HE
DOUBLE ROLL SCUFL- SHFL- STP- HE
OVER THE TOP Go from one leg over the other also JUMP OVER THE LOG / LEG
FLEA HOP Slide with the hip R+L (Gene KELLY)
TOE STAND TOE-TOE STP STP
Actions of Tap Dancing:
SLIDE Slide to the front.
HOLD To hold, stay in suspension.
FREEZE Dont move,stop.
DROP Often used as HEEL-DROP dropping heel of supporting leg.
DRAG Pull your leg behind you
AD LIB Improvise !
DIG Often used as HEEL-DIG , hit the heel strongly into the floor.(HE or STAM)
CROSS OVER / back SHFL HP STP crossing front or back
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