How Do You Do The Leap Riff Heel In Tap Dancing?
Some tap combinations approximate other sounds. In the case of the leap riff heel, when done rapidly, it sounds like the hooves of horses pounding against the ground. When doing a tap combination that includes a riff remember that the riff consists of at least two sounds: One is made by the ball of the foot and the other sound is made by the heel, on the same foot, when the dancer scuffs the heel against the floor. Keep your sounds clean and crisp. Don’t get sloppy. After you brush to the front, tilt the toe of your foot upward to help you execute the scuff. As you become more adept at this combination, pick up the speed and listen to how it sounds. Step or leap onto your right foot on the count of “1.” You are leaping (or stepping) to the right. Execute a riff on your left foot on the count of “and a.” A riff consists of a brush to the front on the ball of your foot immediately followed by scuffing the heel of your foot against the floor. All of this is done on the left foot. Your lef
