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Originally posted by DavidB
Don't worry about always getting the end of a move to hit a break. Jive moves are so long that you would need to have an exceptional understanding of music and the dance to do this all the time.
Instead [ be ready to hit the break at any count within the larger moves ]
David |
(Hope the paraphrase didn't lose too much).
That sounds like a great compromise for this bear of little brain. I've done stuff like that before ("oh bugger, break is here and I'm halfway through the move, let's do
something here anyway"). It's nice to now be able to call it a "strategy" :-)
I've sometimes thought that I know that the big hit I want is on the "one" count two bars from now, if I know how many counts move X takes, I can arrange to start it at (say) the 2 count in the previous bar. But I'm worried that while I'm doing all this mental arithmetic I'll just be leading returns for a few bars (and my partner will walk off
before the hit), or my head will explode. I'm guessing some talented/experienced folks do that kind of "arithmetic" unconsciously.