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SONG & DANCE IDENTIFICATION

Suggestions for Learning to Listen to and Identify Music

If you struggle with keeping time to the music or are simply new to the concept of dancing and moving to music, try this to help you get started.

Start listening to music in a different way. When you have your radio or stereo on, listen only to the drums or bass guitar. Count each time you hear that beat . Most music is written in 4/4 time so you can count from 1 to 4 or even 1 to 8. That's all I want you to do for several weeks. Just listen to the music and count. Don't do anything more. Train yourself to hear music in a different way before trying to dance to the song.

Trying to identify what dance to do to a song played by a DJ is often a challenge all by itself for someone who is beginning to learn to dance. This section is designed to help you meet that challenge more easily.

After listening to these songs carefully and dancing to them, you will begin to pick up on the style of music it is. It's a pretty safe bet that other similar songs will work with the same dance.

Here are some pop and standard songs that are great for dancing. Listed also is the kind of dance that best fits that particular song.

If you have a favorite song but don't know what to dance to it, Get an Answer…..

Email your request to: mlk@1greatdancesite.com or call 800.346.8280.
Include name of artist that performs the song.