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Chapter 1: Introduction
1 Introduction
Timing Notation
Abbreviations
SC
WC
F
l
r
f
b
x
means shortcut
weight change
foot
left
right
forward
backward
cross
2 Simple Steps
Name
Ball Drop
Ball Step
Brush
Brush Backward
Brush Forward
Chug
Clap
Dig
Heel Drop
Heel Step
Hop
Jump
Leap
Pull
Scu
Snap
Spank
Stamp
Step
Stomp
Tap
SC
BlDr
BlSt
{
BrBw
BrFw
Chug
Clap
{
HlDr
HlSt
Hop
Jump
Leap
{
Scu
Snap
{
Stamp
{
Stomp
Tap
WC Description
n Drop Ball of foot while standing on the hell
y Step on ball of the foot
{ see Brush Forward
n Hit the
oor with the ball in a backward motion
n Hit the
oor with the ball in a forward motion
y Slide leg forward, drop heel
n Clap hands
{ see Heel Step
n Drop heel of foot while standing on the ball
y Step on heel of the foot
n hop on supporting foot
n Jump with both feet landing on both feet
y Jump from supporting foot to the other
{ see Brush Backward
n Hit the
oor with the heel in a forward motion
n Snap ngers
{ see Brush Backward
y Step on full foot
{ see Ball Step
n Step on full foot
n Step on ball of foot
The shortcuts are subsequently used to describe more complex combinations. Steps without
a shortcut are synonyms of those that have one. They often have the advantage of being
one-syllable words which is convenient for memorizing combinations and their rhythm.
3 More Steps
Name
Ball Change
Closed Third
Heel Change
Open Third
Rie
Slap
Flap
Paddle
Ri
Scue
Shue
Toe Heel
Heel Toe
SC
Ball-Change[r]
WC Description
n BlSt[r] Stamp[l]
Heel-Change[r]
{
Ri--le[r]
Sl-ap[r]
Fl-ap[r]
Pad-dle[r]
Ri-[r]
Scuf-
e[r]
Shuf-
e[r]
Toe-Heel[r]
Heel-Toe[r]
n
{
n
n
y
HlSt[r] Stamp[l]
see Rie
BrFw[r] Scu[r] BrBw[r]
BrFw[r] Tap[r]
BrFw[r] BlSt[r]
n
n
n
y
y
Chapter 4: Timestep
4 Timestep
Name
Single
(A)
Single Break
(A)
Single Break
(B)
Single
(B)
Single Break
(B)
Double
(A)
Double
(B)
Double
Break
(B)
Triple
(A)
Triple
(B)
Quadruple
(A)
Quadruple
(B)
Travelling
Description
Shuf-
e[r] Hop[l] BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r]
Timing[8]: 7 8 | 1 . 3 4 5 6
Shuf-
e[r] Hop[l] Fl-ap[r] Ball-Change[r]
Timing[8]: 7 8 | 1 2 3 4 5 .
Shuf-
e[r] Hop[l] BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] BlSt[l] Shuf-
e[r] Hop[l] Fl-ap[r] BallChange[r]
Timing[8]: 7 8 | 1 . 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 1 2 3 4 5 .
Stomp[r] Hop[l] BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r]
Timing[8]:
Stomp[r] Hop[l] BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] BlSt[l] Shuf-
e[r] Hop[l] Fl-ap[r] BallChange[l]
Timing[8]:
Shuf-
e[r] Hop[l] Fl-ap[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r]
Timing[8]: 7* 8 | 1* 2 3* 4 5* 6
Stomp[r] Hop[l] Fl-ap[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r]
Timing[8]:
Stomp[r] Hop[l] Fl-ap[r] Shuf-
e[l] BlSt[l] Shuf-
e[r] Hop[l] Fl-ap[r] BallChange[l]
Timing[8]:
Shuf-
e[r] Hop[l] Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r]
Timing[24]: 19* . . 22 . . | 1* . 3 . 5 . 7* . . 10 . . 13* . . 16
Stomp[r] Hop[l] Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r]
Timing[8]:
Shuf-
e[r] Hop[l] Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r] HlDr[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r]
Timing[8]:
Stomp[r] Hop[l] Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r] HlDr[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r]
Timing[8]:
Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] Ball-Change[l] Ball-Change[l] BrBw[l] Hop[r]
BlSt[l] Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r]
Timing[8]:
Chapter 5: Ri
5 Ri
Name
4 Point Ri
5 Point Ri
(A)
5 Point Ri
(B)
6 Point Ri
7 Point Ri
Description
BrFw[r] Scu[r] Dig[r] ToDr[r]
Timing[2*3]: 4 5 6 | 1 . .
BrFw[r] Scu[r] HlDr[l] Dig[r] ToDr[r]
Timing[2*3]: 3 4 5 6 | 1 .
BrFw[r] Scu[r] Dig[r] ToDr[r] HlDr[r]
Timing[2*3]: 3 4 5 6 | 1 .
BrFw[r] Scu[r] HlDr[l] Dig[r] ToDr[r] HlDr[r]
Timing[2*3]: 1 2 3 4 5 6
BrFw[r] Scu[r] HlDr[l] Dig[r] ToDr[r] HlDr[l] HlDr[r]
Chapter 6: Bualo
6 Bualo
Name
Single
(Sideways to r)
Double
(Sideways)
Triple
(Sideways)
Routine
Description
Leap[r] Shuf-
e[l] BlSt[l] (side, lift rF in front of lA)
Timing[2*3]: 1 2 3 4 . .
Fl-ap[r] Shuf-
e[l] BlSt[l] (side or back, lift rF)
Timing[2*3]: 6 |1 2 3 4 .
Shuf-
e[r] Leap[r] Shuf-
e[l] BlSt[l] (side or back, lift rF)
Timing[2*3]: 5 6 | 1 2 3 4
Chapter 6: Bualo
Chapter 7: Irish
7 Irish
Irish
(Sideways)
Irish
(Forward)
Double Irish
(Sideways)
Double Irish
(Forward)
Chapter 8: Waltzclog
8 Waltzclog
Name
Waltzclog
(A)
Waltzclog
(B)
Waltzclog
(C)
Double
Waltzclog
Routine
Description
BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] Ball-Change[l]
Timing[6]: 1 2 3 4 5 .
Fl-ap[r] Shuf-
e[l] Ball-Change[l]
Timing[6]: 6 | 1 2 3 4 5
BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] BlSt[l] BrBw[r] Ball-Change[l]
Timing[9]: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 . .
BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] BlSt[l] Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] Ball-Change[l]
Timing[9]: 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 .
BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] Ball-Change[l] BlSt[l] Shuf-
e[r] Ball-Change[r] BlSt[r] BlSt[l]
Timing[8]: 1* 2 3* 4 5* . 7* 8 | 1* 2 3* . 5* . 7* .
BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] Ball-Change[l] BlSt[l] Shuf-
e[r] Ball-Change[r] BlSt[r] Clap
Timing[8]: 1* 2 3* 4 5* . 7* 8 | 1* 2 3* . 5* . 7* .
BlSt[l] Shuf-
e[r] Ball-Change[r] BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] Ball-Change[l] BlSt[l] BlSt[r]
Timing[8]: 1* 2 3* 4 5* . 7* 8 | 1* 2 3* . 5* . 7* .
BlSt[l] Shuf-
e[r] Ball-Change[r] BlSt[r] Shuf-
e[l] Ball-Change[l] BlSt[l] Clap
Timing[8]: 1* 2 3* 4 5* . 7* 8 | 1* 2 3* . 5* . 7* .
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9 Soft Shoe
Name
Single
Essence
(A)
Single
Essence
(B)
Single
Essence
(C)
Double
Essence
Description
BlSt[r] BrFw[l] Ball-Change[l]
Timing[2*3]: 1 2 3 4 . .
BlSt[r] BrFw[l] Ball-Change[l] (lF xf)
Timing[2*3]: 1 2 3 4 . .
BlSt[r] BrFw[l] Heel-Change[l] (lF xf)
Timing[2*3]: 1 2 3 4 . .
BlSt[r] BrFw[l] Ball-Change[l] BrBw[l] Ball-Change[l] BrFw[l] BallChange[l]
Timing[2*3]: 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 . .
Single Paddle
Turn
Double Pad- BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r] (one full r turn in
dle Turn
place)
Timing[2*3]: 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 . .
Routine
BlSt[r] BrFw[l] Ball-Change[l] (to l) BlSt[l] BrFw[r] Ball-Change[r] (to r)
BlSt[r] BrFw[l] Ball-Change[l] BrBw[l] Ball-Change[l] BrFw[l] Ball-Change[l] (to l)
BlSt[l] BrFw[r] Ball-Change[r] (to r) BlSt[r] BrFw[l] Ball-Change[l] (to l)
BlSt[l] BrFw[r] Ball-Change[r] BrBw[r] Ball-Change[r] BrFw[r] Ball-Change[r] (to r)
BlSt[r] BrFw[l] Ball-Change[l] (to l) BlSt[l] BrFw[r] Ball-Change[r] (to r)
BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r] Fl-ap[l] BlSt[r] (one full r turn)
BlSt[l] BrFw[r] Ball-Change[r] (to r) BlSt[r] BrFw[l] Ball-Change[l] (to l)
BlSt[l] Fl-ap[r] BlSt[l] Fl-ap[r] BlSt[l] Fl-ap[r] BlSt[l] (one full l turn)
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10 Combinations
Name
Bombershay
Noname1
Noname2
Cincinatti
(A)
Cincinatti
(B)
Cincinatti
(C)
Cramp Roll
(A)
Cramp Roll
(B)
Maxiford
(A)
Maxiford
(B)
Pony
Pull Back
Pull O
Train
Wings
Description
BrBw[r] Hop[l] Hop[l] BlSt[r] BlSt[l] Scu[r] (travel to r)
BrBw[r] Hop[l] Hop[l] BlSt[r] BlSt[l] Scu[r] (travel to r)
BrBw[r] Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r] (back)
Timing[8]:
BrBw[r] Hop[l] Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r] (back)
Timing[8]: 7 | 1 . 3 4 5 .
BrBw[r] HlDr[l] Shuf-
e[r] BlSt[r] (back)
Timing[8]: 7 | 1 . 3 4 5 .
BlDr[r] BlDr[l] HlDr[r] HlDr[l]
Timing[8]:
BlDr[r] BlDr[l] HlDr[l] HlDr[r]
Timing[8]:
Stamp[r] Shuf-
e[l] Leap[l] BlSt[r] (xover back)
Timing[6]: 1 2 3 4 5 .
Leap[r] Shuf-
e[l] Leap[l] Tip[r] (xover back)
Timing[6]: 1 2 3 4 5 .
Tap[r] (away from LF) HlDr[r] HlDr[l] Tap[r] (next to LF) HlDr[r] HlDr[l]
Timing[4]: 1 2 3 .
BrBw (l and r) follow by BlSt (l and r), all in one single jump backwards
Timing[8]:
Ball-Change Ball-Change BrBw Fl-ap Stamp BrBw Fl-ap Fl-ap
Timing[16]:
Timing[8]:
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11 Routines
11.1 Maxiford Routine
Leap[r] Shuf-
e[l] Leap[l] Tip[r] Leap[r] Shuf-
e[l] Leap[r] Tip[r] BlSt[r] Clap
Timing[8]: 1 2 3 4 5 . 7 8 | 1 2 3 . 5 . 7 .
Leap[l] Shuf-
e[r] Leap[r] Tip[l] Leap[l] Shuf-
e[r] Leap[l] Tip[l] BlSt[l] Clap
Timing[8]: 1 2 3 4 5 . 7 8 | 1 2 3 . 5 . 7 .
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