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Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo  Unless I am much mistaken the triple step in a cha cha is on a different beat of the bar to the triple step in wcs, though. |
ok I'm probably just going to reveal my own ignorance here (for a start I don't dance chacha and I don't know what MH means by swung or straight - would be nice if somebody explained though
), but:
- yes you should start WCS by dancing 2 normal steps on 1,2 and then triple on counts 3,4,5 and 6 (assuming it's a 6 beats pattern) but with a mixture of 6/8 beats and more complex patterns then you could end up doing the triple steps at any time, couldn't you?
- Although it is generally a good idea to begin a major phrase with a new pattern (hence step step on 1,2 and triple on 3,4 then it varies with the pattern), there are also other ways of phrasing the music (well if I remember correctly from Jordan and Tatiana musicology DVD
).
- And anyway you can syncopate at pretty much any time as well to fit something you hear in the music...
So is there really beats to which it is 'incorrect' to triple in west coast
?
I know I tend to triple a lot even in MJ if the song is bluesy/swingy, I can't help it my feet seem to have their own will ...
