What Is Swing? - Technique Talks for Lindy Hop & Swing Dancing

[@HugoLawrenceValentin]

Great video

[@nickswingsout]

Stealing "I keep my rhythm **pop** in ma butt" for every class I ever teach from now on. Also that moment when Laura switches from clapping straight triples to swung ones, I swear that's what made the sun come out from behind the clouds here. It just feels so right!

[@LauraGlaess]

Man, that makes me feel great! Thank you!

[@metrothom]

"a basic, internally self-propelling continuum" That is a great quote, because it's about music but (as you show later in the video) it is *exactly* what you want in your body!

[@力倫傅]

This is absolutely one of the most amazing swing content on the internet!! I hate it that I've found it so late, and I'm so glad I actually have found it! thanks, Laura :)

[@LauraGlaess]

That is SO NICE! Thank you so much.

[@MissCroft2006]

Another great video, Laura! Thank you for taking your time to prepare and record this material and make it much more accessible to dancers! 💕

[@thuyuong1696]

Thank you Laura dear. This is such a big gift to us all!!! Love youuuu

[@starbuckskrys]

Not to mention the playfulness, makes learning fun for me!

[@starbuckskrys]

This video is so well done and explained! I still need to watch a few more times to fully understand some of the topics, but overall very very good content.

[@JohnTrails]

Very helpful lesson. And cool fireplace, Laura.

[@LauraGlaess]

Man, I LOVE my fireplace!

[@peterengelhardt2361]

Thanks for the Video. I unterstand better, what Swing is...yeah! By Moving and Visual demonstrating,.....thanks a lot!I feeling your Energy and your Passion for Swing Dance. It helps me to understand and to feel it too. Greetings from Germany

[@LauraGlaess]

Glad you enjoyed it! I love Germany!

[@petjajar]

Amazing video in every aspect 😊❤🎉 thank you

[@chenny30]

Thanks Laura! I enjoyed it and learnt a lot! ♥️

[@fabriciomail]

I liked a thousand times. I love this kind of leasons about rhythm and swing "theory" (can i say this?)

[@LauraGlaess]

I'm happy! I have two more rhythm lessons coming out - triplets and 3 against 4. Hope they're super fun

[@billregan1981]

Great and informative. Thanks for putting this together!

[@davidlarson2770]

Really great!Thank you.

[@Timbotao]

you must have absorbed those books! 'cause for a non musician you explained that really well!.. as a blues musician that often jams (with lots of random players)... it is another whole skill you can add to your playing, by honing your eyes and ears on stage... exactly what you said, where there is a collective bargaining within the jam, and often it changes or swings, OR 'leans' in or out of the beat, and that is the fun part of jamming live on stage!... it's interesting how you are applying this to dancing, and becoming the "6th" member of the band! ha ha (how it should be)... Not all musicians can do this, but it's fun when they can!

[@EsquireR]

11:02 also shows how it's helpful to push from the floor for stepping far and beyond

[@LauraGlaess]

Good eyes!

[@amyhatch3761]

I feel like it’s an oversimplification to say that “Western music” has a straight beat - high culture Western music has a straight beat but folk music, music meant for communities to sing, perform and dance to together, often has syncopation and an emphasis on beats 2 and 4. Also, I sing a lot of renaissance polyphonic music and, while there is a strong beat that we all keep to, the rhythm between different musical lines can vary wildly, there can be a lot of dissonance within phrases that don’t resolve until the end etc. Western music is much more than just classical music!

[@hexahexametermeter]

It is also an overoversimplification of classical music. Everytime she said "but classical music NEVER does this..." i could instantly think of several musical contradictions to what she was claiming.

[@orawee.c]

I love your cat tree!

[@LauraGlaess]

Omg, that cat tree steals the show every time. My dad made it, and my cat loves it :D

[@benhamza4959]

One more subscriber! Will you be doing lessons about counting or clapping? So that it's easier to follow the rhythm on complex music where the drum or other instruments do not help you to do so! Thanks

[@LauraGlaess]

I can definitely look into doing that. Could you tell me more about what you're having trouble with? Is it doing things like keeping the beat during a break where the rhythm section drops out and an instrument solos? Or feeling confident in the beat during more complicated jazz songs where the beat is more diffuse?

[@benhamza4959]

@@LauraGlaess Exactly keeping the beat when there is a break and starting after that with the 1. Of course it's easier when you know the song, however it's getting harder when the musicians start improvising !

[@elvi7815]

💗💗💗

[@kinashiaali8294]

U say the slaves didn't bring there instruments wasn't there stuff made out of wood????

[@LauraGlaess]

It's possible a few people brought their instruments, but considering how tight the conditions in the slave ships were, and the manner in which the enslaved were abducted, I doubt that there was time for them to pack or room for them to store things like instruments.