Music Theory for Tap Dancers
What Every Tap Dancer Should Know

Taught by Steve Zee

Tap Level: Beginner-Advanced

This DVD covers the most basic, need to know music concepts for dancers. You'll learn all about 1/4 notes, 1/8 notes, triplets, 1/16 notes, straight vs. swinging, bars, phrases, 32 Bar and Blues Choruses.

Steve Zee breaks down all these musical concepts in a clear, concise, and enjoyable fashion, and then follows each with a simple tap exercise for you to practice.

Whether you are a tap instructor or a brand new tap student, soon you'll be able to:

- Learn more quickly
- Have a deeper understanding of music
- Speak to musicians in their own language
- Teach more precisely
- Choreograph with greater skill


Chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Counts of 8 vs Bars & Quarter Notes
3. Rhythm & Accent
4. Eighth Notes
5. 8 Bar Phras with Quarter and Eighth Notes
6. Straight vs Swinging
7. 8 Bar Phrase, Straight & Swinging 8th Notes
8. Review
9. Triplets
10. 8 Bar Phrase with Triplets
11. Sixteenth Notes
12. 8 Bar Phrase with 16th Notes
13. 32 Bar Chorus
14. 32 Bar Chorus, Combination
15. 32 Bar Chorus, Front Angle
16. 32 Bar Chorus Defined Melodically
17. What is a Blues?
18. 12 Bar Blues Phrase
19. Tapping to Funk Music
20. Practise Track for 32 Bar Chorus
21. Practise Track for 12 Bar Chorus
22. End Credits