How Do You Do The Quadruple Time Step Traditional Style In Tap Dancing?
Standardized time steps all begin with the count of “8” and are capable of being singled, doubled or tripled. A fourth sound/tap has been added to this time step turning it into a quadruple. Whether a time step is a single or a double and so on is determined by the number of sounds that follow the hop. In the quadruple time step there are four sounds (shuffle step heel) that follow the hop, which makes this combination a quadruple. Shuffle on your right foot and hop on your left foot on the count of “8 and 1.” A shuffle consists of a forward and backward brush on the ball of the foot. Upon completion, the shuffling foot is raised to the back. Shuffle your right foot to the right diagonally and then step down on your right foot to the back. Drop your right heel. The count for the shuffle step heel drop is “e and a 2.” You have just made four taps/sounds on one beat (the second beat). This is the sixteenth-note rhythm: One count of music divided into four equal parts, or sixteenth notes,
