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Cincinnati

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Tap Dance TAP-torial: Learn a CINCINNATI · Shelby Kaufman
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With your weight on the left foot, spank the right foot back and drop the left heel. Then shuffle the right, drop the left heel again, and step onto the right, usually a little behind you. The heel drops all come from the standing foot while the right foot does the brushing. The weight ends on the right, so the next Cincinnati starts on the left.

Breakdown

  1. Spank
  2. Heel
  3. Shuffle
  4. Heel
  5. Step
Count (one cell per sound · counts vary by teacher)
Spank&
Heel1
Brush&
Spank2
Heel&
Step3

Practice Tips

  • Drop the first heel together with the spank, not after it. A late heel pushes the shuffle early.
  • Make the second heel drop as strong as the first; it's the sound that tends to get swallowed by the shuffle.

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