How To Understand Counting In Bachata Music - Dance With Rasa
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2023
- Do you struggle to understand the count in bachata? Maybe you're a beginner getting to grips with this for the first time, or maybe you need a refresher. Let me help you! In this video, I will go through the various counts that you may hear teachers use in bachata, and where they fit into the music.
This is not a musicality video - watch this video on my breakdown of a bachata song for more about changes and breaks in music: • How To Analyse A Bacha...
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Rasa, You are always good. Thank you
@@santhiyag1650 I'm glad 😊
Wish I had found this video before I started learning. No one ever explained syncopation to me and it caused no end of needless confusion in the early days. Thank you Rasa!
Absolutely, I can't believe I haven't thought of making this video earlier 😳
Thank you for sooo much Rasa
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Rasa, you are simply amazing.
Every video you make for us is simply perfection.
You explain everything in such an accessible and clear way.
I always watch your videos before a dance night, and I get better from each time. thanks to you!
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Actually, I am working now on a podcast where I will talk with all kinds of dancers and all kinds of subjects 😇 should be coming very soon 🥰
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Can you make another video giving more details on syncopated music? I am sick of dancing on 1234
Absolutely 💯
@@DanceWithRasa thank you, I know you mentioned it’s difficult but I would love to hear how to not feel overwhelmed by syncopated rhythm and enjoy dancing to it. When I see people dancing on syncopated beat, I love it. I will wait for your video, thank you again for sharing knowledge. You are amazing :)
@@yourdad2107 I will do my very best 😁
The bass counting is also the one that you hear if you are doing salsa or kizomba next door... Or perhaps sleeping at a festival 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 kizomba is the one with the most base ! Kizomba wins 🤣🤣🤣
Hi dearest! So, when the teachers count and dance to 'one, two, three, tap,' where the syncopation step is hiding? Or they simply don't dance to it unless in an more advanced calss???
The second question please: I didn't get if it's you to decide to count differently on a regular music, or it's the music itself playing 'and one. and two..etc...!!???
Ah, also I have heared some teachers saying there could happen also some change in Clave (in Bachata I mean)..but I never gaot what they mean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it true??
Thank you so much in advance😘
Think of it this way. If your count is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - etc. Those numbers are your normal steps in a basic. Your syncopated beats are "hiding" where the dashes are. In its simplest form, if you and I are facing each other and I do a syncopated step, by the time I get back to the number, you and I should be back in sync again. So for example, let's say we are practicing and you are doing your standard basic with no syncopations so you're just going 1 - 2 - 3 - 4. I decide to throw an extra tap in the middle so I go 1 - 2 tap 3 - 4. When I am on 2, my feet should mirror yours. When I am on 3, my feet should still mirror yours. That extra tap in the middle (the syncopated step) is a quick step that needs to happen quick enough for me to get lined back up with you again by the time we get to three. You can do some fancy stuff with syncopated beats but that is it in it's simplest form. If someone starts doing fancy footwork and you don't know what to do. You can always still do your basic. Maintain the rhythm you already had and they should be able to get back in line with you. You don't have to always copy them. Syncopated steps are not always led or meant to be followed. Hope that made sense.
@@FFOndra ..oh, THNAK you sooo much for your time and exhaustive clear answer👌...so kind of you🙂....I see, as you mentioned, there should be an 'extra tap' out there if we wish to syncopate our steps...and there is NO syncopation in the music itelf, but all is about the dancer stuff...I was got confused because I heard Rasa saying- at the begining- the counting is 'one- two-three- AND- tap!! That's why I was wondering if during years of Bachata, all the teachers were counting in a wrong/semplified mode!!?
So, again, according to what you mentioned, the music counting is a regular 1-2-3-tap, but the dancer could decide to create an extra tap somewhere in between..isn't it?
THANK YOU again🙏
@@parishadnz.6048 You're welcome. I know it's long but it's hard to explain this well without a visual. But in short yes. The music counting is 1-2-3-tap and the dancer can add a tap or other things in between. It doesn't necessarily have to be a tap per say but I just personally think that doing a single tap like that is the easiest way to start learning syncopation and that it's the easiest way to explain it without an actual visual. I don't think Rasa meant anything when she said And tap in that situation, I think she was just saying and then "after 3 we tap" but you could also do a double tap which is another example of a syncopated beat.
As far as syncopation goes, that is something that exist in the music but it has no impact on how you do your basic. However as dancers get better with musicality and understanding Syncopations, they will play with it a little bit. I would say for now though, don't worry so much about it and focus on following the basic beat.
This might be long too but here are two exercises I find helpful to understand syncopation:
Find Rasa's video in her shorts titled Dominican Bachata Syncopation - One Step Three Ways. Start your basic with her. Not sure if you normally lead or follow but she starts off going to her left with her back to the camera so start going to your left when she does so you guys match. Count your 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - out loud as you do your basic. No matter what she does, do your basic while counting out loud. Don't try and copy her feet. Just keep doing the basic. You'll find that you and her will pretty much always end up back at one at the same time and she is doing most of her footwork in between your counts. I believe she does have a video explaining the footwork as well. Anyway....
With that in mind, if you are dancing with someone and they start doing crazy things with their feet. You don't have to get lost in it. You can stick to doing your basic or do different foot work you've learned and are comfortable with. If you watch a lot of Dominican Bachata, you'll notice that they often are not doing the same footwork when they dance but they always come back together on that basic count.
Another thing is you can search youtube for something like "Bachata with counts" and it'll bring up songs where someone is counting out the beats for you. Practice your basic with those and then practice adding a tap in at certain points.
I would start with this. For the purpose of this 4 and 8 are also always taps:
Where ever I write tap, you would tap between when the person counting says those numbers. Practice one line, then go to the next line. It's a really simple way to start learning syncopation so hopefully when you get to the cooler stuff it doesn't seem quite as overwhelming. I've seen a lot of people get lost with it so I think practicing something more simple first is a good practice. Anyway, try these.
If you are moving to your left, your tap is with your left foot, if you are moving to your right, your tap is with your right foot.
1-2 tap 3-4-5-6-7-8-
1-2-3-4-5-6 tap 7-8-
1-2 tap 3 4-5-6 tap 7-8 (Putting the two above together)
This is doing the double tap so you'd tap twice with the same foot before you start going the other direction again.
1-2-3-4 tap 5-6-7-8 tap
With those examples you should always match the person's count in the youtube video you found and the extra taps will fall in between their counting.
@@FFOndra I could never thank you enough!🙏again, so clear and eshaustive!
Just learned a lot and I am going go to study those videos as well..💪
You are such a kind and patient person..definitely the friend (or also the teacher) I've always wished to have🥰
Wish you all the best, and happy dancing💃💃
Well, you got the long answer, let me participate. Your normal beat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. You can have syncopation in front or behind any of these numbers. 😉.
Music always has the time and the speed. I can interpret it in many different ways. As long as I'm at the speed and time of the song that is playing. I'm basically using everything that particular song lets me.
I'm not sure about the clave. Usually, clave is in salsa, not in bachata, well rarely anyway.