Just to get technical for a moment, 1's very useful things to know, but did you not all 1's are created equal and this is especially the case in contempory music (8 bar turnaround) which is still most of the 4/4 time
music we dance to
In general terms Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus etc The 1st 1 of a new major phrase (8 bars) is very distinctive the 2nd (start of bar 3 ) usually quiet, the 3rd (bar 5 etc) is usually more pronounced but not as big as 1 and lastly the 4th 1 will quiet as it is resolving the phrase ready for the next the 1st 1 of a new major phrase.
Because this generally accepted musical structure you will get the following: Breaks/stops (not so prevelent in contempory music) will generally happen on beat 5 not resolving till beat 1 of the next set of 8.
Runs piano etc will be in sets of 8 starting on beat 1 of a minor phrase.
Vocals, a lot modern music has the vocal highlight on the 5 again resolving at the 1.
Lastly Hooks, again on the 5th beat and 1st of a set of 8 though usually slightly different musically.
So what does it mean being an instinctive dancer: your brain picking out the patterns that exist by design, programmed response
. Basically it just means you'd be good at IT
I am sure the truly creative dancers among us seek to understand their world to be pro-active.
Understanding why you do something is not a bad thing you know!
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