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Double Wing

Also called Separated Double Wing, Staggered Double Wing, Alternating Double Wing

Level 5 · Upper-IntermediateEssentialAir Steps6 sounds
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Double Wing Tap Dance Move Shown by Rod Howell · United Taps - Tap Dance Lessons
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Description

A wing with every sound split in two. Start on the balls of both feet with the feet together, spring up, and scrape the feet outward one after the other. Then spank them back in one after the other and land on the balls one after the other. A regular wing plays each pair together for three sounds; the double wing staggers them into six.

Breakdown

  1. Scrape
  2. Scrape
  3. Spank
  4. Spank
  5. Land
  6. Land
Count (one cell per sound · counts vary by teacher)
Scrape (first foot)a
Scrape (second foot)1
Spank (first foot)e
Spank (second foot)&
Land (first foot)a
Land (second foot)2

Practice Tips

  • Pick each foot up right after its spank; otherwise the first landing comes in too early and the last two sounds blur together.
  • Before trying it in the air, practice the order (first foot, second foot) on every pair slowly, so each pair sounds the same.

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