West Coast Swing – Rolling Count

by David Carter on July 10, 2009

West Coast Swing

West Coast Swing

I recently received several comments on how much my West Coast Swing has improved. Mainly that it is much smoother. This has been very gratifying to hear since it’s hard for me to judge my own improvements.  I only made one change and it has proven to be the single most important one to date.  It’s called Rolling Count and it creates the appearance of perpetual motion.

Rather than try to explain it myself (which I doubt I could here), I have included the links to the two articles that first introduced me to the concept. Neither article is what you would call an easy read, at least they were not for me, and does require some understanding of music and timing. If you can apply this count to your West Coast Swing, you will be amazed at the difference it will make. 

These are PDF documents so you will need Adobe PDF Reader to view them.  If you don’t already have it,  CLICK HERE  to install it.

 

Have you heard of Rolling Count before?  Have you tried it?  How did it impact your West Coast Swing?

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