#Musicality who you are how to

You now are dancing with better musicality. Think about how you can alter the way you execute your figures to express that vibe.Note what is dominant and how it make you feel or the vibe it expresses.Listen not just to the beat, but also notice the instruments.The instruments: if you can pick the instruments being used, then it is easier to connect with it when dancing.īe aware of 1 and 3 when dancing and take the time to find out a little about 3 for the dances you are interested in.History: by understanding the history of the music (and the dance that goes with it) you can better dance with the character of the dance and the music.Character: the mood of the music and using it to influence the way you dance so you express the music and feel it with your partner.However, for dance the following is like what will serve you best: Musical appreciation can be taken to considerable length.

#Musicality who you are how to

What is musical appreciation and how to use it?

Take your new-found skills to your next dance lesson and run them by your teacher to tune them a bit.

Once you can do that try simply tapping to the beats, maybe use 2 fingers for the major beats to show you can do different things on different beats.

Now try counting the parts between – these are the beats.

These are beats that often indicate the start of a cycle (a bar or measure of music) or a key point within.

Eventually, you will start to notice parts of the music where there is a certain strength to it relative to the other parts.

Try picking the different instruments and what they are doing. Don’t sing along with it, which is less likely with dance music anyway.

Pay attention to the patterns in the music.

While you are at work, when your are driving, when you go for a walk, when you are cooking wherever and whenever you can. Ideally, you want at least 30 songs for diversity to develop rounded skills and so you do not get bored with the music

Get a set of music that you will be dancing too (jive, salsa, quickstep, whatever, although salsa is good for a crash course due to its complex nature).It simply means you need a crash course in music.

However, this should also not stop you from dancing. Not exactly sure what people mean when they say ‘beat’ or ‘bar’? Can’t work out what people are actually counting when they are counting music? You’re not alone. What to do if you seriously have no idea? Depending upon the music you might need to count to 8 and you might also need to count the bars (more about that later). That means being in time with the beat, while essential, is not enough. However, some dances, when they are taken to a higher level (and actually some from the get go) require you to know where you are relative to specific beat to dance well. There are people who can ‘feel’ the music and have a sense of when to step to stay in time. This blog will talk about the basics of musicality and how you can use it to make you dance better. No matter your level of musicality (or how much you think you have or do not have) you can dance, but there is probably also room for improvement. When it comes to dance, some of us already know musical theory, some of us can simply intuit the beat, some can express the emotion and some simply have no idea at all.