Tap Glossary

Question 1

Ball Dig Beat

Answer 1

Beats on the floor and stays on the floor

Question 2

Ball Dig Tap

Answer 2

Rebounds off the floor, the leg creates the action but the foot makes the sound

Question 3

Flap to the toe

Answer 3

2 sounded action to the ball of the foot
Uses an open leg alignment
Weight remans on the supporting leg

Question 4

Flap

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Crawl

Answer 5

A zig zag step sideways

Question 6

Paradiddle/Paddle

Answer 6

Heel dig, pickup, step, heel beat

Question 7

Separated crawl

Answer 7

heel and ball sounds are separate

Question 8

Double Paradiddle

Answer 8

Heel dig pickup, heel dig pickup, ball dig, heel beat

Question 9

Crawl on one foot

Answer 9

Weight is on supporting leg, working foot crawls sideways

Question 10

Toe flam

Answer 10

Jazz tendu with a sound

The toe hits the inside tip of the tap in a side shuffle position

Question 11

Waltz Step

Answer 11

Basic - Spring miss ball change
Single - Spring back shuffle ball change
Double - Tap spring back shuffle ball change

Question 12

Bufalino Crawl

Answer 12

Tap step heel ball pickup step heel

Question 13

Chugs

Answer 13

Replace travelling heel beats

Question 14

Flam

Answer 14

Whole inside of the foot hits the floor

Question 15

Separated crawl with double heel

Answer 15

RLRL heel heel heel heel RL ball ball

Question 16

Toe beat crawl

Answer 16

toe beat on working leg while the working leg does the crawl

Question 17

3 beat paddle

Answer 17

Heel dig, pickup, step

Question 18

Round the side

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Criss Cross Shuffle

Answer 19

2 successive shuffles taken across working leg and back

Question 20

Progressive shuffle

Answer 20

Forward brush with 2 sounds (one action with 2 sounds) and a back brush

Question 21

4 beat cramp roll change

Answer 21

Preparation for Intermediate without turning RLLR

Question 22

Double Scuffle

Answer 22

Four beats - heel dig foot forwards without weight, backward tap, heel dig forward with weight, step back

Question 23

Stamp(n)

Answer 23

A stamp without transferring the weight

Question 24

Stamp

Answer 24

A stamp transferring the weight

Question 25

Slam

Answer 25

Dropping the foot down in front with a straight leg without any transfer of weight

Question 26

Slap

Answer 26

Similar to a slam but landing on the ball of the foot. Can be taken with or without a transfer of weight

Question 27

Splat

Answer 27

A step onto the ball of the foot stretching the knee initially with a sharp pulling back action on the ground

Question 28

Snatch

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Shuffle off to buffalo

Answer 29

Tap spring, shuffle, spring

Question 30

Shuffle cramp roll

Answer 30

Side shuffle RF, step heel beat R, heel beat L

Question 31

Standing cramp roll with a heel

Answer 31

Side shuffle R, step heel beat, heel dig

Question 32

Standing cramp roll with a stamp

Answer 32

Side shuffle R, step heel beat, stamp(n)

Question 33

Drum cramp roll

Answer 33

4 beat cramp roll taken from a jump to produce a clustered sound Rhythm of a 16th note

Question 34

3 beat preparation press cramp roll

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Inside Flam

Answer 35

Using the inside of the shoe with the foot to the side, hitting the ball of the foot first

Question 36

Outside Flam

Answer 36

Two sounds made by the outside of the shoe, crossing the working leg across the supporting leg.

Question 37

Double tap step

Answer 37

Leaving the floor with both feet, tap step forward with both feet at the same time

Question 38

3 beat pullback

Answer 38

pickup, pickup change

Question 39

Suzie Q

Answer 39

Hop L, shuffle stamp R, tap step LF (lifting the ball of the RF and turning out), pickup stamp Rf (turned in)

Question 40

Cahito

Answer 40

Pickup RF, Heel beat LF, step RF, repeating continuously

Question 41

Compass Turn

Answer 41

Step forward onto a bent knee and turn dragging the other foot on the ground in front of the body

Question 42

5 beat paddle

Answer 42

4 beat paddle adding a forward tap before the heel dig | fwd tap, heel dig, back tap, step, heel beat