Beginner Foxtrot - Basic Step

[FIFISQN]

What is the song?

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Who Knows?

[DanniSalsero]

How many beats do you count in fox?

[aanw97]

@DanniSalsero

Thanks for watching. Foxtrot music is 4/4 timing which means there are 4 beats to 1 bar of music. A 'slow' is 2 beats and a 'quick' is 1 beat. Social foxtrot is actually a 4 step dance. Therefore the basic step counted as SSQQ is equal to 6 beats or 1 & 1/2 bars of music. This means dancing a forward basic and then a back basic will take 3 bars of music in total.

Andy Wong, The Grand Ballroom

[DanniSalsero]

@aanw97

So. I get back to "start position" of basic pattern with every 4th bars of music. That makes sense. I really think I got it now. Thank you. .

[panhead16]

Thank you for the clear demonstration and explanation, it was very helpful.

[fkporsche1]

Nice and clear instruction.

[aanw97]

The name of the song is 'One' from the Broadway show 'Chorus Line'.

[MrMyboytoy]

whats the title of the song you use on this video?....

[aanw97]

Thanks for watching. A 'slow' is 2 beats and a 'quick' is 1 beat. Social foxtrot is actually a 4 step dance, not 3 steps. Therefore SSQQ is equal to 6 beats or 1 & 1/2 bars of music. This means dancing a forward basic and then a back basic will take 3 bars of music in total.

Andy Wong, The Grand Ballroom

[PHJimY]

It seems odd to me that SSQQ,SSQQ is counted 123+,123+, while the music is counted 1234,1234. It's a three dance step over a four music. Does this seem odd to anyone else?

[daveheel]

we were taught the SQQS rhythm instead of SSQQ in our dance class.

[Dzintarmeitene]

Thankyou! Its a great video explanation *^^*

[mathewedison]

This is soooo similar to the quickstep... The only different is the quick and slow really if I'm not mistaking.

[MissEmy07]

great!!! I just started dance lessons and this was fantastic! :)

[scottiereynolds1nova]

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