DANCE TIPS | COUNTING MUSIC FOR DANCE: Finding the Beat + Counting Rhythms in Any Song

Finding counts to choreography when you're teaching or learning choreography can be so helpful. But, it can also be really difficult to find the rhythms and the beats your dancing on. In this video I'm sharing my dance tips for finding counts in music to help make you a better dancer, teacher, and performer.
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[@GaylynLareese]

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[@JClover2]

You are incredible for breaking it down in such an easy to understand manner. Thank you so much!

[@GaylynLareese]

Hearing that is so reassuring. I’m glad you found it helpful. 🤗🩵

[@Uncriptedqueenk]

This is an appreciation post. Gaylyn you have a gift the way your able to help people with simple knowledge that isn’t simple if you didn’t take the time to educate people.

[@GaylynLareese]

Thank you so much🥹! I try my hardest to make my input valuable and applicable to any dancer at any level. I'm so glad you've found the videos helpful. Please share with your dance friends if you can! I'm working on a lot of things but I promise I'll be back with more dance tips very soon 💙🤗💙

[@jadalaryn]

EXTREMELY HELPFUL! Syncopation always throws me off

[@GaylynLareese]

It can definitely be a hard one to hear sometimes until you get it. I’m so glad this was helpful🤗

[@CDornerFitness]

This is wonderful!! I am going to share this link for people who are asking me about how to find the beat in my step classes!!! Great explanation!!! Thank you!

[@GaylynLareese]

I’m glad it was helpful 🩵🤗🩵

[@yara-um6tx]

Omg thank you so much, you’ve given me the word to describe “Syncopation”! This video was so helpful thank you!!!

[@SolarFlare-s5n]

This was one of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen, great job.

[@windunes]

Gaylyn, this is exactly what I've been struggling with! Thank you a bunch🤩

[@GaylynLareese]

So glad I could help! 😄💙

[@cathrinekatsigianni8823]

Wow, that's the first time I understand the and a and numerical counts in relation to speed of dancing

[@sidstam]

Watching as a salsa dancer trying to dance on 2, that's about my speed movement level for now. Instructive video, thanks.

[@suedawalker8934]

This was so helpful thank you so much! I need more videos like this. especially iam really having a hard time finding beats on my favorite artists' songs like Ateez Wave and Halazia it would be so cool if you can make a tutorial with those!

[@maddiebarker4643]

You are an amazing teacher, your students are lucky to have you. This was super helpful. Thank you for this

[@GaylynLareese]

Thank you! I’m so glad it was helpful 🤗

[@Prisom8Break]

I love how you have examples and a little quiz for us to try it on our own. Very informative video and well presented! Thank you ❣️

[@GaylynLareese]

I’m glad it was helpful 🤗🩵

[@marialucilabarrionuevo3891]

Omg. This video was fantastic!!! Than you so much!!!!

[@adamjensen8112]

This helps a lot thanks. I was able to put it in 1/2 speed and actually parse it out.

[@dancingdude22]

Thank you so much ma’m for explaining this ❤❤❤❤

[@thebloodrose96]

Whoa that’s so useful! 😍😍😍

[@SudhaNamdeo-n8p]

You are incredible..... Simple explanation of how to breakdown music .......

[@romitjoyful]

You’re really good in the explaining!!

[@GaylynLareese]

Thank you! I’m glad it was helpful 🤗🩵

[@scoobdoo2008]

I'm a dancer and have rhythm and just love how you just broke this down❤

[@GaylynLareese]

Thank you🤗 . It was definitely harder than I thought it would be so I’m glad it all made sense lol

[@xoralixo3804]

Ok queen your explanation was so good thank you

[@GaylynLareese]

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[@inkam5827]

The best video I've found in the int, thank you very much ❤️💪😉

[@GaylynLareese]

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[@hq200]

Thank you so much! You made this so easy to understand ❤

[@GaylynLareese]

Glad I could help 🤗

[@alexlewiss8221]

Wow thank you Gaylyn🔥

[@GaylynLareese]

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[@_elommusk]

Idk how I missed this video but I’m absolutely mind blown!!! I’m growing in freestyling in class a little bit, but being able to break music down and find the counts like this is a game changer. Gaylyn you are a force 😱😱😱. Also, does synchopating also apply to lyrics?

[@GaylynLareese]

Uhhh, it can apply to the melody the lyrics are sung in if that makes sense. And I’m glad you found it helpful! I wouldn’t have thought to make it if someone from my internet fam hadn’t requested it.

[@widen_inhorizons]

brilliant video, great explanation

[@GaylynLareese]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sammydagoat5766]

First Comment 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾 Another Wonderful Video Loving The Hair Keep It Up

[@tuneout9125]

Thank you so much 😅

[@joyjourneydavis]

Needed this!!!!

[@pilatedndlovu8980]

Very good.Actually this isn't only about dancing.lt's helpful also for mastering rythms for musicians.

[@GaylynLareese]

Of course!

[@Hanhandoesthecancan]

This is incredibly helpful!

[@GaylynLareese]

Oh yay! That was my hope. I’m so glad to hear that☺️

[@TheRock-xj7hs]

Wow!

[@davidchenier7100]

I am totally off beat, so thank you for the video. And if you could throw in some Latin music, counts would be totally awesome. Thanks

[@localchristina]

I love this! I keep hearing the high hat as count 2... does this happen sometimes?

[@TheAJaneC]

Thank you so much for that really helpful video! How do you count in 5, 6, 7, 8 without any music playing yet? Or do you always have the music playing before you start dancing to hear the counts?

[@GaylynLareese]

You always have to hear the music first to know what counts you’re dealing with☺️

[@santhiyag1650]

I do not know how to thank u for this wonderful video. I am a beginner student, trying to learn to dance for bachata music. My instructor often says that i have to find the beat 1 first. I am struggling to find the no 1 beat. Can you make a video for beginner dance student about beats, when to start counting 1 and when to start dancing? I find it very hard to understand this? I will be thankful to you if you make video on the basics of song, music structure and how to dance according to the beats. I watched many videos on this. I cannot understand this. Thank you.

[@AnanyaDubey-um6tz]

I really wish you release some practice vedios for counts

[@phoenixpham7344]

I’m still struggling on understanding the syncopation part. Do you think you could do a video breaking down this even more. I tried to make sense of round 3 but couldn’t.

[@AndreaAshanti-s5s]

Is this the same with all styles such as lyrical, contemporary, ballet, jazz or hiphop

[@GaylynLareese]

Yep! Music is music 😊

[@jaysonpressedmund7496]

🔥🔥🔥

[@erikalittlefield]

I was listening to a Chris brown song and it goes 1 ,2 then 3 basses hit what do I count then as ?

[@WhiskersWisdom-d2z]

Am still not good at the counting 😢😢

[@BluePepper1130]

I cant figure out when to start counting-

[@Taldanmus]

try when the vocal comes, the beginning of the vocal phrase

[@lupianis]

I'm recovering from flu and can't fully dance yet but I'll go through our choreography song and try to analyze it💕

[@GaylynLareese]

Oh no, I’m sorry you’re now feeling well. Hope you begin feeling like yourself soon💙💙💙

[@adamjensen8112]

It's rubbish that they put the claps on the 2 and the 4 so if you hear a clap you know you missed the 1.

[@GaylynLareese]

😂😂😂 I never thought of it that way.