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Ricardo -> RE: following compas with the foot (Jun. 18 2006 16:06:56)
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Let me try to say back what I think you mean. If I'm wrong you can smack me.
A full count of the compas is 3 measures, so you tap your foot three times for each measure, coming to the resolution of the compas. You like to think of it(or feel it?) as two measures of 6 beats, which are the compas accents. This is your medio compas?
About the crazy dance part, is that because they think more in contra tiempo?
"smack". 12 count =12 eighth notes. One measure is 6 eighth notes. So TWO measures.
I tap my foot THREE times per measure, every other eighth note or count. I describe the measure as having THREE beats.
Dancers are crazy because they are not musicians, but have a lot of strange ways to describe and communicate the music they hear. Counting all the way to 12 for example.
As far as feeling it without the foot. Of course you can do it. The foot is just a way to lock into the groove better, and it is part of feeling. Just moving a little to the music is part of it to. Like I said, if you have to think about it you might not be feeling it. If you can't feel it YOU ARE NOT DOING IT. Paco is always just feeling it. When you watch him play bulerias though, his foot is ALWAYS going at some beat. There is a reason for using the foot and it does have to do with feeling the beat, not counting.
Ricardo
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