UKSALSA CHAT | SUZYQ CHAT 

Subject:  Music
From: quickstep (terence levine)
Date: 29th Oct 2005, 1:04 pm

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  Just to add more grist to this mill-- music is written in 2/4-- 3/4 4/4 and sometimes 6/8-- if you wish to count-- learn that a forward and back basic ( salsa or mambo ) should be counted-- 1-2-3-4 and 2-2-3-4 signifing two bars of music-- as are all steps and groups of steps-- this mis conception comes from people watching too many stage choreographers counting down the beats to the next acsending bar-- all routine s are timed at bars per minute-- the only possible way you can have accurate beginnings and endings to sequences taking into account pick up bars-- if you find this a little too complex then get together with someone who really understands music
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