Level 2B: Choreography

Tap Class - Level 2B Choreography

Music: Choreographed for Michael Buble's rendition of "Call Me Irresponsible". 4/4 Relaxed Swing.

Steps:Section 1:
heel-shuf, fle-heel, step (a1-a2-a)
"toe-heel-click", heel, step, heel, brush-back, heel, toe, heel, step, heel, brush-crossover (a4na1na2na3)
heel, step, heel, heel, toe, heel, step, heel, (a4na1na2)
brush-crossunder, step, step (a3-a)
toe, heel, hop, step, (a1-a2)
left-leg crawl x 4, scuff, (a3na4)
heel, looping-brush, toe, (a1-a)
heel, step, heel, brush, step, step, toe, heel, step, heel, brush, step, step, toe, heel, step, heel (a3na4na1na2na3na4)

Section 2:
brush, step, brush, step, scuff, (a1na2)
heel, crossover-step, heel, crossunder-step, (a3-a4)
heel, rhythm turn (step, heel, heel, ball, ball), heel ,stamp, (a1na2na3)
brush, step, step, scuff, (a1-a2)
4-press-cramp-roll (heel, step, heel, heel), 3-press-cramp-roll (step, heel, heel), step, heel, heel, step, (a3na4na1na2)
clap, brush, step, heel, stamp. (a3na4)

Section 3:
brush, heel, toe, heel, step, heel, (a1na2n)
brush, heel, toe, heel, step, heel, (a3na4n)
brush, heel, toe, heel, step, heel, (a1na2n)
brush, step, stamp, stamp. (a3-a4)
Shuf-fle, heel, step, (1-a2-a-)
heel, shuf-, (-a4-)
fle, heel, step, heel, step, heel, brush, step, brush, step, stamp. (a1na2na3na4)

Section 4:
heel, stamp, chug (a1-a)
double back essence (brush, step, brush, step), stamp (a3na4)
paddle turn (step, brush, step, step, brush, step, step, brush, step, step), stamp (a1na2na3na4)

Section 5:
flap-cramp-roll, (a1na2)
heel, flat, brush, step, (a3-a4)
flap-cramp-roll, flap, heel, (a1na2na3)
heel, scuff, brush, step, (a1-a2)
heel, toe, heel, toe, (a3-a4)
heel, scuff, brush, step, (a1-a2)
(turning), heel, toe, heel, toe, stamp. (a3-a4-a)

brush, step, flap, stamp, brush, step, flap, stamp, brush, step, flap (a1na2na3na4na1)
stamp, brush, step, stamp, (-a--a3-a-)
brush, step, flap, stamp, brush, step, flap, stamp, (a1na2-a3na4)
brush, step, flap, stamp, brush, step, flap, stamp, scuff. (a1na2na3na4)

Section 6:
brush, heel, toe, heel, flap (to the side), heel, heel, heel, scuff (a1na2na3-a4)
brush, heel, toe, heel, flap (to the side), heel, heel, heel, scuff (a1na2na3-a4)

Section 7:
flap-cramp-roll, flap, heel, heel, scuff (a1na2na3-a4)
flap-cramp-roll, flap, heel, flap, heel  (a1na2na3na4)
alternate-flap-cramp-roll x 3, double-flap, (a1na2-a3na4-a5na6-***7)
alternate-flap-cramp-roll x 3, double-flap (a1na2-a3na4-a5na6-***7)

Section 8 aka The Tag:
brush, step, brush, step, flap, flap, (a1-a2-a3-a4-)
rhythm-turn, heel, stamp, (a1na2na3-)
brush, step (a4)
heel, scuff, heel, brush, heel, toe, heel, stamp, (a1-a2-a3-a4)
heel, scuff, heel, brush, heel, toe, stamp *jazz hands* (a1-a2-a3-a-)

Complete Arrangement = Two groups performing different sections like so:
ALL: Section 1 to Section 7
At this point, Group A stops but Group B continues thru to the tag.
At the end of the tag, Group B stops and Group A starts from Section 1.
When Group A reaches the rhythm turn of Section 2, Group A stops and Group B starts from Section 1
When Group B reaches the rhythm turn of Section 2, ALL continues thru to the end.

Section 1 of 8:

Section 2 of 8:

Section 3 of 8:

Section 4 of 8:

Section 5 of 8:

Section 6 of 8:

Section 7 of 8 and 8 of 8 (The Tag):

Level 2A: Exercise 3 - Triplet Crawls

Note: This notation only describes the rhythm. I've accented some parts to make it less monotonous and a little easier to clap to.

Tempo: Anywhere between 70 and 90 BPM. Find a tempo that works for you. I'll always experiment at different tempos to find one where I can be very deliberate with my steps yet still feel the rhythm.

Sounds like:
Download mp3: Level 2A Ex3 (mp3)

Rhythm: Play the audio and count! 1-a2--3-a4na5na6na7na8na1na2na3na4na5-a--a7na8

Steps (use the audio and rhythm to figure out when to place the steps):
1st Bar: Click-Ball-Ball, Click-Heel-Heel Click-Ball-
2nd Bar: Ball Click-Heel-Heel Click-Ball-Ball Click-Heel-Heel Click-Ball-
3rd Bar: Ball Click-Heel-Heel Click-Ball-Ball Jump-Click-Step-Step Jump-Click-Step-
4th Bar: Step *beat* Spring-Turn Crr-amp-Rrr-oll* Click

*Crr-amp-Rrr-oll = cramp roll

Level 2A: Exercise 2 - Shuffles

Note: This notation only describes the rhythm.

Tempo: Anywhere between 70 and 90 BPM. Find a tempo that works for you. I'll always experiment at different tempos to find one where I can be very deliberate with my steps yet still feel the rhythm. With this exercise, I have trouble keeping my balance so a tempo of 80BPM works best for me.

Sounds like:
Download mp3: Level 2A Ex2 (mp3)

Rhythm: Play the audio and count! 1--2--3--4--5-a6--7-a8--1--2--3-a4--5-a---7---

Steps (use the audio and rhythm to figure out when to place the steps):
1st Bar: Shuf-fle Shuf-fle (1--2--3--4)
2nd Bar: Shuf-fle Heel Shuf-fle Heel (5-a6--7-a8)
3rd Bar: Shuf-fle Shuf-fle Heel (1--2--3-a4)
4th Bar: Shuf-fle Flat* <lift> (5-a---7---)

*Flat=Flat-Step (I've shortened it so you can say it in time).

The exercise is a little odd. Assuming you're starting off with your right leg, on count 8 of the 4th bar, instead of making a sound by stepping or something, you lift the left leg in preparation to loop back to the 1st bar and repeat the exercise. The flat-step is transitional, allowing you to switch from one foot to the other.

Level 2A: Exercise 1 - Brushes

Note: This notation only describes the rhythm. The accents fall on the beat except for the first measure (or bar) where the accents fall on counts 1 and 3.

Tempo: Anywhere between 70 and 90 BPM. Find a tempo that works for you. I'll always experiment at different tempos to find one where I can be very deliberate with my steps yet still feel the rhythm.

Sounds like:
Download mp3: Level 2A Ex1 (mp3)

Rhythm: Play the audio and count! 1-a2-a3-a4-a5-n-6-n-7-n-8na1na2na3na4na5---na7na8.

Steps (use the audio and rhythm to figure out when to place the steps):
Swing: Stomp, Brush Step, Heel Stomp, Brush Step, Heel
8th Note Regular Beats:  Stomp Brush Step Brush Step Brush Step Brush Heel
Drawbacks: Step, Brush Heel Step, Brush Heel Step Brush Heel Step Brush Heel Step
Skip a beat (n a 6)
Triplet: Brush Heel Step, Brush Step Stamp.