Once you feel fully comfortable with where it is and what it feels like, move on to the next one. Flex or move the part to draw more attention to it. Then, go through this list of body parts, and focus your thoughts and feelings on each one. (Turn on some light music here, if you want.) If you hear a rich set of chords, you might do some flowy, full-body moves to communicate how rich those sounds are. If you hear a high-pitched piano note over and over, you might hit that note with an upper-body-focused little move. You can dance to these sounds separately or as chords. The piano sounds will also accent, or set the melody/harmony of the song. You can do whatever feels right in the moment to these types of songs! Keyboard/Piano Guitar strums and melodies are also useful to take note of, for more instrumental / acoustic songs. A dancer might do this by rolling their chest slowly to a synth. This sound goes great with a gooeyyy movement – you want to mimic the way the sound is rippling by using resistance and waves in your movement. A common type of synth is the synth piano, which may sound like a long, slow bass – a"wobba wobba" sound. SynthĪ sound synthesizer produces electric signals converted to sound through amps and loudspeakers. Think of how a dancer might pop their chest right when the hi-hat is struck, and then might add a couple smaller pops right after the first one to mimic the way a hi-hat echoes. Hi-Hats are usually paired with sharp movements, but they might melt into something groovier if the sound of the cymbal creates a reverb-y echo.
Dancers often describe this sound as " tss tss" sound. Hi-HatĪ hi-hat is produced by a hi- hat cymbal.
Think of how a dancer might suddenly shoot their arm to the side and snap their fingers, or quickly turn their head to look at the audience. Dancers usually do quick, sharp movements to match this sound. Dancers often describe a snare as a " ka!" when they talk about their routine. It's the sharp, staccato drum sound you hear in most Hip Hop songs, kinda like the sound you make when you snap a rubber band. Dancers often use the onomatopoeia " boom" to describe a bass sound, and we tend to associate bass sounds with strong, grounded movements like a foot stomp or a Woah. Different instruments can produce a bass sound (most often drums or bass guitars). The bass is the lowest of the standard four voice ranges (bass, tenor, alto, soprano), or, the lowest sound in a musical composition – its there to support the melody. Sometimes, choreographers will make moves that correlate with the lyrics by miming actions that match what they singer is talking about. The words that the singer is singing! The lyrics are probably the easiest to distinguish, but hardest to count/dance to, since vocals don't always match the strict structure of 8-counts. *We're not going into every single sound found in the history of music! Just the basics, so as not to overwhelm or overcomplicate. Listen to a song, any song, and try counting in your head – "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight." Match your counts to the beat of the song – this is what you'd naturally bob your head or clap your hands to.įollow along with this video for some practice, and a further breakdown of all the moments that you can hit within an 8-count. For example, if a choreographer says that a move should be executed on "the 5," you're going to count the beats of the music like this: "One, two, three, four, MOVE. It's sort of like a map to know when you do a certain move. We use an 8-count to break down the structure of music.
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It sets the tone for our movements and gives sounds to follow.īut, in order to start leaning about music and how we dance to it, the first step is learning how to count music itself. What is dance musicality? Why is it important in learning Hip Hop dance? Dance musicality is how dancers hear, interpret, and dance to music.
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