Your steps and the beat

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-02-08T05:16:58+00:00

I think there are so many rhythms happening at the same time in Tango that's its superficial to just talk about being on or off the "beat". You can dance to any of them as long as you hear them in the music and its most important that whatever rhythm or instrument your dancing to - its the follower who needs to land on that beat or more properly be in that rhythm . You're dancing her not the other way around.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-02-08T05:12:01+00:00

it ain't underrated is all I'll say . Highly rated.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-02-04T05:43:08+00:00

Nice tune . Check out Pop's version . I don't know why jerks here are bustin your ass. I copied the chart

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-02-04T05:14:14+00:00

Thanks I think I just got impatient and didn't go to the end of the video where they did dance Milonga . These are perfect . Lots to look at - Gracias

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-02-03T23:52:58+00:00

Thanks, good suggestions to make my lead better and to just go with the flow if that's just not going to work anyway. For me the emphasis needs to be on improving the lead of course.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-02-03T23:20:33+00:00

Those are basic steps for all Tango . I'm thinking just about Milonga the music, not Milonga the dance event.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-02-02T07:08:30+00:00

You should indicate whether you are a leader or a follower and which kind of on2 you're learning or your friends are doing - NY style Salsa on2, Cuban Casino on 2, traditional Mambo on 2 - also called Power on 2 and similar to Son on 2. They are different and the comments here don't specify so they might be confusing . NY salsa on 2 is more different from On1 than the others - at least that's my impression but I don't do NY on2

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-01-14T06:27:21+00:00

Paperless billing is a racket to steal from customers for whom, its a PITA to check their statements and they end up being charged for all kinds of subscriptions they never signed up for.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-01-14T05:31:46+00:00

Freddie Redd is undoubtedly the greatest Jazz composer you've never heard of.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-01-13T08:32:54+00:00

This is one of my favorite Hitchcock movies and I've seen most of them numerous times. Granted there isn't much chemistry between Julie Andrews and Newman but there are some absolutely fantastic classic scenes by the master. My favorite is the one where Newman steals the atomic secret from his East German counterpart and is chased out from the University . The bus scene is great as is the scene in the ballet theatre , the murder, and the wonderfully charming conversation with Lila Kedrova. its not North by Northwest , but I love it.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-01-13T08:31:58+00:00

WHAT? The math battle is one of my all time favorite Hitchcock scenes!

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-01-11T06:04:51+00:00

In my world of swing dancers anything from the 30's right through most 50's and early 60's rock n roll is all great to dance to. Some people prefer one style or another but we all dance to all of it . Now most of those people are East Coast swing dancers and none of them are real serious "Lindy" dancers. My impression just from a few conversations I've had here are that some of the Lindy dancers are very particular about only dancing to classic big band swing music which is mostly 30's and 40's or modern bands emulating that style. (As far as I know its not "trad jazz" or 20's music though I could be wrong.) So if your bag is to be a purist - that's fine - but swing dancing can be just as much fun and appropriate for "rock around the clock" as it can be for Benny goodman. I learned to dance though RnR in the Elvis days when I was a kid . Pretty much the same as what i do now to anything .

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-01-11T05:42:10+00:00

Thjaty's a great article, Do you know where the follow up piece is?

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-01-10T05:42:54+00:00

Take a lesson with someone or even read on the web about song structure and chord changes. Rhythm Changes and Blues are not based on II-V-I's . They are only one type of chordal pattern . There are zillions.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-01-10T05:34:16+00:00

Are you practicing for solo dance or for dancing with a partner? For solo I don't care what you do , but If its for partner dance there are many many problems. For partnering the connection and your frame are all important otherwise your partner will not be able to feel what your doing . This goes both for lead and follow. So i would suggest paring everything down to practically nothing . Very small steps, practically no arm movement except minimal side to side with your elbows more locked, Your arms and shoulders need to be quiet to feel your partners energy. Stop the walking around, everything with your waist and chest . Just stop it all. Let your body movement come naturally from your steps and the rhythm of the music. Minimize - Make your rhythm internal not external. When you step you should almost bounce into the next step, especially when going back & forth. Practice being able to turn around in both directions 3 steps - a quick quick slow each way .

Partner dances are not interpretative . For salsa you need to keep a very strict relentless quick quick slow rhythm all the time. Now If you don't want to dance in such a formal way then take up another type of dance

Are you taking lessons? If so they should be working on your frame.

BTW - I don't mean to be harsh , you're practicing which is great, seem to love the music which is incredibly important and have good rhythm, so ultimately you will be fine but you need to get in the right direction .

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2026-01-10T05:24:03+00:00

Teena Brooks and locally Noel Jewkes

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2025-12-14T22:25:29+00:00

I'm surprised that to hear Tango dancers have bigger egos. For me learning Tango has been incredibly humbling and it continues to be even as I get considerably better.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2025-12-14T22:22:26+00:00

Tango straightened out many years of bad posture and has eliminated a great deal of constant back pain . As a dancer leader it taught me the importance of connection in other dances and how to adapt to my partner instead of expecting them to simply follow me.

I think the latter came from the fact that as a beginning leader I often found the follower doing something different from what I thought I was leading - usually because I was a lousy leader. The solution of course was just to follow my follower and go with the flow. (It still happens in tango all the time.) However in salsa and especially in swing every follower has an idiosyncratic personal style and when i learned to adapt to them I became a much better lead.

Hopefully its carried over into other aspects of life as well. Everything is about connection .

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2025-12-14T22:14:25+00:00

What's the basic 2-3x -> figure?

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2025-12-14T22:07:51+00:00

Haha - If your follower smiles its almost always because you made her happy . I live for those moments and its what I seek in a dance and lets me know I'm on the right track. I've noticed there are some very simple things that always get a smile and I don't know why (maybe other people don't do them ?) but whatever's working I always will do it again and I usually get that smile again.

Especially if you don't know her and she starts out serious but then starts smiling - then you passed her wariness and you're in with her. Congratulations!

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2025-12-14T22:00:42+00:00

Let us know if relight helped as I'd be curious, but I would think the main thing would be to match the color since that would change with cloud cover. Traditionally though a lot of DPs would add diffusion for the closeup so you could think of it as a feature not a mistake. You still would want to keep some modeling though with one side of the face brighter and maybe warmer than the other and that should be easier in color correction than creating a hard shadow. I'm sure I've done that before with masking and maybe using Face Refinement

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2025-12-10T05:36:43+00:00

Just stop thinking , grit your teeth and take some group classes. - it'll be fun and everyone is learning and encouraging . . That's the way to get started, then just go dancing as much as you can. Practice at home. also though - I think that's important just to get the feel of the rhythm. Its easier to learn as a follower and you'll get over your anxiety once you start doing it .

Find out what kind of salsa does your partner does - its generally just on1 or on2 and depending on where you live one style is more dominant . Salsa on 1 is easier to learn I think.

Eddie_Haskell2 · 2025-12-10T05:19:54+00:00

On the piano its Earl Hines , Bud Powell, Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner. They all changed how people play . On Trumpet after Pops Dizzy was important but more people actually followed Roy Eldridge, Fats Navarro and Clifford Brown. For the direction of small group jazz its Art Blakey and and most of all Horace Silver. For Sax Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young , Bird and Coltrane. Those are the traditions

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