Bournemouth Weekender Musicality with Simon & Sophie

[MJiveAlive]

Musicallity? nope. Just an excersise in confusing people.

[batonga]

how does the counting work?

[gerryn]

Hi batonga,

I have linked this video with a response ( above ) to another of Simon's beat counting lessons. Hope this helps ! Simon is username Jivenation99 & you can contact him re questions /explanations.

....Personally I always dance to the " melody of the song " & I never have " beat counted " ( consciously ) in my many many years of dancing to rock music.

Others PLEASE comment !

[batonga]

Hey thanks. Very elegantly explained. You've unpicked a long mystery in that we can see it's useful to count different to highlight hits in the music.

Just as in PowerPoint we choose numbers or bullets to flesh out a list, the beginner here could prefer their music 'hits' spelled out with a bullet.

Overall I think you're making a great dance accesible to the city and it's much appreciated.

[gerryn]

Thanks, I have added this info to the (..more) details

( top right of youtube screen )

[Czerniakowska]

Another instructionally useful clip. I do wish, though, that Simon would give it a rest with that silly cap. The onset of male pattern baldness can be very attractive to many women (not that I've ever managed to find one!).

[gerryn]

JiveNation caps are the ultimate height of fashion.

[LoveLeRoc]

Sophie knocks Simon's cap off ! perhaps she should jump & stamp on it?

[down2earthkeiko37]

Hello Uncle Gerry

this video is good video *****

HmmHmm me and elena like this video

again ***** for Elena ***** again

Hmm we learn from this video tomorrowand uncle Gerry your video camera is so clear ***** for you

bye bye

[gerryn]

Thanks Keiko

[andreaswichter]

Is there a reason why this is tagged "tango"?

[gerryn]

Will remove tag ! We did have a tango lesson that weekend ( modern jive tango )

[andreaswichter]

Ok, cool. It´s just a bit annoying having to sift through all kinds of stuff when searching for tango... but at least this is about dancing ;-)

But what the hell is "modern jive tango"???

[gerryn]

I have just posted a Modern Jive Tango video?

I would appreciate any comments on how to describe the dance !

Thanks in advance