Skip change into pdb

simon scott

Message 42221 · 21 Sep 2005 18:06:35 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

Ian Brockbank said:

> There _is_ no second "and". The two different countings start at
> different points in the bar:
>
> And | 1 2 3 And | 1 2 3
> <-- p-de-b -->
> <--skip ch-->
>
> And this counting for the pas-de-basque considers the jete as the
> finish of the step, thus leaving a preliminary jete as purely a matter

> of taste.

>Even though the above count is the way it's always taught, I'm of the
opinion that there
>HAS to be a preliminary "and" of some sort in the PDB, whether or not
it's emphasized with >an extension, otherwise you fall over when you try
to step onto a foot that's already on
>the floor! Unless you're referring specifically to the situation where
the right foot's
>already in the air at the conclusion of a skip-change step? -Steve
--
>Steve Wyrick - Concord, California

I agree with Ian and Steve

In skip change the step begins with a lift "up", "off the floor" from
where the foot has been.

In bdp the step begins "down", "into the floor" which for me, means it
has come from a place above the floor, that being the preparatory jete.

I believe these are the two character distinctions between the two
steps. One is "up' and one is "down" to start.

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