American Line Dance
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- Created on: 26-08-16 17:23
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- American Line Dance
- Metre, Rhythm and Tempo
- 4/4 Time signature
- Steady tempo
- Bass line consists of crotchet movement.
- Melody
- Repetitive with narrow ranges
- 4 bar phrases
- Glissandos (slides) between notes are common
- Structure
- Verse-and-chorus
- Segments have equal lengths
- Instru-mentation
- Music is sung, particularly by men
- Guitar (often a steel guitar as it allows the player to slide easily between notes)
- Banjo
- Harmonica
- Accordian
- Violin
- Drums
- Key Features
- Date of origin : 1980s
- Place of origin : America
- Famous Performers (country and western singers) : The Carter Family, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash
- Dance Steps
- Dancers stand in lines, all facing the same way.
- They all perform the same steps in unison
- One run though of a sequence is a 'basic'
- An interrupted and then restarted sequence is called a 'sequence'.
- Number of walled dance = number of walls faced in the dance.
- Metre, Rhythm and Tempo
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