Intro to Music & Musicality for DANCERS

3 tips to help you understand music & music theory (and improve your musicality).... from a dance perspective.
Made for a couple of friends, but if it helps you then it's perfect.
About Me:
Music teacher, Professional musician, Dancer, Ex-dance teacher.
I get weirdly excited by musical concepts & say "now" way too often when explaining things.
If you are working with music that's not in 4, leave a comment & let me know what it is!

[@veranika_hnatsiuk]

As a musicality teacher for dancers, I see all of the music theory shown in such a short time is explained so nice and easy for understanding. Thank you so much for your work on this ! Keep going!

[@conmusica]

Thank you so much for the support!

[@margaretisolan9189]

Fantastic explanation 👏 The 1 e & a counting that can be "replaced" by faster 1& 2 was perfect.

[@Gbeats]

Thanks a lot for that many useful tips! :D

[@WOLFIX006]

Thank you so much for this knowledge 🙏☺️

[@aditibhatia973]

Thanks a lot for this ❤️❤️

[@hassanbarazi5172]

Thanks for your amazing explanation, but what about triplets 12th notes?

[@marianazertuche441]

what about 3/4 or 6/8 time signatures?

[@conmusica]

Hey Mariana!
There are so many fantastic dances with music in 3/4 and 6/8 (and others - even folk dances in meters like 11/16).
I kept this first video to the very common 4/4 so the introduction to these concepts was easier to understand. I have another video planned for other time signatures, so if there's anything you want me to explain, let me know!

[@marianazertuche441]

@@conmusica That sounds great! A lot of Ballet music is in 3/4, so I would love to see a video explaining how to count in that time signature so I'm able to apply that to a choreography. Thank you, your video explains a lot.

[@conmusica]

@@marianazertuche441 Thankyou, I'm glad it helped you! I'll definitely make a note to add that into a video for you.
Most basically, Ballet counting can vary with style (eg mazurka vs waltz), but there is a *basic* 3 count for anything in 3/4. The most common that I've heard are 123, and 1&a (easier to say, best for quicker tempos). Often then you count in groups of 4 or 8 bars, and that '1' changes with each bar.
For instance:
1 & a, 2 & a, 3 & a, 4 & a, (5 & a, 6 & a, 7 & a, 8 & a)
or
1 2 3, 2 2 3, 3 2 3, 4 2 3, (5 2 3, 6 2 3 , 7 2 3, 8 2 3)
There's so much more to add, but that's the foundation!

[@marianazertuche441]

​@@conmusica Thank you for explaining this. Can't wait to see the video.

[@candidomoryt]

#nowordstodescribe thanks :)