The straightening comes from pushing the balls of feet off the floor. This is starting second half of the preceding beat. Samba Natural Basic: (Quarter Beat # | Count | Bounce Action | Foot Action) Each beat is broken into quarter beat.īounce (body changes direction) happens on count 1, 3, 5, 7 (whole and half beat)įoot moves (without weight) on quarter note: count 4 and 8. Starting with weight on LF, RF will step forward, using Natural Basic as an example, chart below shows the bounce and foot actions over 1 bar of music (2 beats). Foot moves/places (no weight, just pressure) on quarter note "a", while body bounces on whole and "&" count. One of the complexities in Samba is that foot moves at a different time from the bounce action. (This applies to Samba Basic and Volta timing.) RF to side, two feet are not too wide apart (which will limit bounce action), inside edge of ball of RF, bent R knee, R heel up, Keep left heel down during bounce.ġ&2&3&4 - switch weight to the other foot - 1&2&3&4 Many Samba figures combines with figure 8 actions and bounce action. Two beats to a bar in Samba music, 2 complete bounce actions to one bar.īounce action is used on all figures having a count of "1a2 3a4" basic timing and Volta timing (1a2a3a4).īounce is not used where this is a Q in timing, or 1 2 3. Knee forward, bent leg, pelvis under/fwd.Įven thought it's "bounce", but think more about connecting pelvis to thighs, moving "forward and back", tail bone going forward and back, keeping same height. Knee straighten, straight leg, pelvis back. If you keep pelvis and straightening knee only, then the head goes up and down. Whole beat and half beat are exact point when body changes directionīounce is even, smooth, subtle and not exaggerated. Knees are not locked.īack is normal position, do not try to "stick butt out" too much. "Release": Contract back muscle (shorten the spine), pelvic pendulum back action. (do not think about "down" action, which makes it look heavy.)Ībsorb the bounce in body, head height stays about the same, should not have very big up and down changesĭo not crunch shoulder forward to try to achieve the look. When bouncing forward, it's not knee touching the wall, it is thigh touching the wall.įlex the knee, think about knee going "forward", knee slightly pass the feet. Imagine standing in front of a wall with some space in between. It's important to connect the pelvis to thigh. Soft knees, body weight more forward on front of foot.ġ: First 1/2 of the beat - going "down" (which is really a knee forward action):Ĭompress/contract tummy, pelvic pendulum forward action, tail bone down, underneath body. Upper body is quiet, but not tense/stiff. Head stays fairly flat, do not pop up and down.Ĭhest lifted (so lower body free to move), shoulder down, neck long. Bounce action happens on whole beat and "&" count. The characteristic movement of Samba is the Samba Bounce. "&" is half beat, "e" and "a" are 1/8 and 3/4 beat. Notation: Break 1 beat into 4 quarters beat (1234), it can be noted as (1 2 3 4) or (1 e & a). The chart below also shows different methods of counting. Samba has various combinations of timings and beat values.
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