Fishbowl Drill (rhythm variations)

A drill to train being comfortable with rhythmic variations

  • Pick a 2 count of a pattern (1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8)
  • pick aRhythm
    • hold
    • single
    • double
    • triple
    • delayed double
    • quad
  • on all the instances of that 2 count - do that rhythm
  • can do that as a task for a few dances at a social/at practice/etc
  • examplesExamples
    • triple on first 2 counts
    • 3&4 in single rhythm (tap step)

Learned from: Ben McHenry & Cameo McHenry who credited 

  • Pick a 2 count of a pattern (1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8)
  • pick [[wcs/rhythm]]a
    • hold
    • single
    • double
    • triple
    • delayed double
    • quad
  • on all the instances of that 2 count - do that rhythm
  • can do that as a task for a few dances at a social/at practice/etc
  • examples
    • triple on first 2 counts
    • 3&4 in single rhythm (tap step)
  • Pick a 2 count of a pattern (1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8)
  • pick [[wcs/rhythm]]
    • hold
    • single
    • double
    • triple
    • delayed double
    • quad
  • on all the instances of that 2 count - do that rhythm
  • can do that as a task for a few dances at a social/at practice/etc
  • examples
    • triple on first 2 counts
    • 3&4 in single rhythm (tap step)
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