Tap Glossary Flashcards
Ball Dig Beat
Beats on the floor and stays on the floor
Ball Dig Tap
Rebounds off the floor, the leg creates the action but the foot makes the sound
Flap to the toe
2 sounded action to the ball of the foot
Uses an open leg alignment
Weight remans on the supporting leg
Flap
A forward tap, finished with a heavy down beat on the flat of the foot, weight transferring to the working leg
Should have a relaxed quality
Crawl
A zig zag step sideways
Paradiddle/Paddle
Heel dig, pickup, step, heel beat
Separated crawl
heel and ball sounds are separate
Double Paradiddle
Heel dig pickup, heel dig pickup, ball dig, heel beat
Crawl on one foot
Weight is on supporting leg, working foot crawls sideways
Toe flam
Jazz tendu with a sound
The toe hits the inside tip of the tap in a side shuffle position
Waltz Step
Basic - Spring miss ball change
Single - Spring back shuffle ball change
Double - Tap spring back shuffle ball change
Bufalino Crawl
Tap step heel ball pickup step heel
Chugs
Replace travelling heel beats
Flam
Whole inside of the foot hits the floor
Separated crawl with double heel
RLRL heel heel heel heel RL ball ball
Toe beat crawl
toe beat on working leg while the working leg does the crawl
3 beat paddle
Heel dig, pickup, step
Round the side
Heel beat L, heel dig R, pickup R, heel beat L, shuffle R, heel beat L step R
OR
heel dig R, pickup R, heel beat L, shuffle R, heel beat L step R, heel beat R
Criss Cross Shuffle
2 successive shuffles taken across working leg and back
Progressive shuffle
Forward brush with 2 sounds (one action with 2 sounds) and a back brush
4 beat cramp roll change
Preparation for Intermediate without turning RLLR
Double Scuffle
Four beats - heel dig foot forwards without weight, backward tap, heel dig forward with weight, step back
Stamp(n)
A stamp without transferring the weight
Stamp
A stamp transferring the weight
Slam
Dropping the foot down in front with a straight leg without any transfer of weight
Slap
Similar to a slam but landing on the ball of the foot. Can be taken with or without a transfer of weight
Splat
A step onto the ball of the foot stretching the knee initially with a sharp pulling back action on the ground
Snatch
Place the working foot forward on the ball of the foot with a bent knee keeping the weight central. Using pressure from the floor, pull up stretching the working leg and straightening the supporting knee. With a relaxed foot and ankle allow the ball of the foot to catch the ground as you pull up
Shuffle off to buffalo
Tap spring, shuffle, spring
Shuffle cramp roll
Side shuffle RF, step heel beat R, heel beat L
Standing cramp roll with a heel
Side shuffle R, step heel beat, heel dig
Standing cramp roll with a stamp
Side shuffle R, step heel beat, stamp(n)
Drum cramp roll
4 beat cramp roll taken from a jump to produce a clustered sound
Rhythm of a 16th note
3 beat preparation press cramp roll
Lift the RL in front with the knee bent. Drop the foot down to the floor making two sounds in one movement (ball heel), Then heel been on the supporting leg. The rhythm sound be clustered
Inside Flam
Using the inside of the shoe with the foot to the side, hitting the ball of the foot first
Outside Flam
Two sounds made by the outside of the shoe, crossing the working leg across the supporting leg.
Double tap step
Leaving the floor with both feet, tap step forward with both feet at the same time
3 beat pullback
pickup, pickup change
Suzie Q
Hop L, shuffle stamp R, tap step LF (lifting the ball of the RF and turning out), pickup stamp Rf (turned in)
Cahito
Pickup RF, Heel beat LF, step RF, repeating continuously
Compass Turn
Step forward onto a bent knee and turn dragging the other foot on the ground in front of the body
5 beat paddle
4 beat paddle adding a forward tap before the heel dig
fwd tap, heel dig, back tap, step, heel beat
