Dances
Genre / Styles
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Tempo
(bpm) |
Time Signature | Quick notes on Counting / Rhythm / Beat |
American Rhythm
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Bolero
|
96-104
|
4/4
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Cha Cha
|
112-128
|
4/4
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23cha
cha cha, 234&1
|
East Coast Swing
|
136-144
|
4/4
|
SSQQ(single
timing),
1&2
3&4 5 6 (triple timing)
|
West Coast Swing
|
102-128
|
4/4
|
SSQQ
|
Mambo
|
188-204
|
4/4
|
Hold
1, 234; Hold 5, 678
|
Rumba
|
120-144
|
4/4
|
QQS,
SQQ
|
Samba
|
104
|
2/4
|
The
'a' takes a quarter of beat
|
American Smooth
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Argentine Tango
|
TBD
|
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Foxtrot
|
120-136
|
4/4
|
SSQQ
|
Tango
|
120-132
|
2/4,
4/4
|
SSQQS
|
Viennese Waltz
|
150-180
|
3/4
|
Same
as Waltz
|
Waltz
|
84-96
|
3/4
|
123,
12&3
|
Carribean
Dances
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Salsa
|
150-250
|
4/4
|
QQS
(slightly diff for LA Salsa, Cumbia Salsa, NY Salsa and Cuban
Salsa)
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Bachata
|
TBD
|
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Merengue
|
125-140
/ 58-64
|
2/4
|
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International Latin
Dances
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Cha Cha Cha
|
30-32
Bars Per Minute
|
4/4
|
23
4&1 (half beat or syncopated rhythm for the chasse)
|
Jive
|
42-44
Bars Per Minute
|
4/4
|
12QaQ
QaQ (6 beats or 1.5 bars for a figure)
|
Paso Doble
|
60-62
Bars Per Minute
|
2/4
|
Figures
usually count in 2, 4, 8 or 16
|
Rumba
|
25-27
Bars Per Minute
|
4/4
|
2 3
41 (not dance on 1, start on 2)
|
Samba
|
50-52
Bars Per Minute
|
2/4
|
12
or 1a2 (beat value: 3/4, 1/4, 1)
|
International Ballroom
|
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|
50-52
Bars Per Minute
|
4/4
|
Count
as S and Q
|
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28-30
Bars Per Minute
|
4/4
|
Count
as S and Q
|
|
28-30
Bars Per Minute
|
3/4
|
123
456
|
|
31-33
Bars Per Minute
|
4/4
|
1
2, or count as S and Q
|
|
58-60
Bars Per Minute
|
3/4
|
Same
as Waltz
|
Other Social Rhythms
|
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|
96-118
|
4/4
|
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|
76-98
|
3/4
|
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|
124-142
|
4/4
|
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168-120
|
2/4,
4/4
|
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54-64
|
4/4
|
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104-124
|
2/4
|
&1&2
&3&4, 1&2 &2&2
|
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104-121
|
4/4
|
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