"We will dance on the streets that are golden"
08-10-2006, 06:50 AM
flaglady,Aug 9 2006, 04:03 PM Wrote:The main difficulty is that it's actually in triple time (3/4) - unusal for a worship song and is also quite slow and ponderous.I just love songs in 3/4 time!!! :wub: :wub: I'd prefer to describe it as less common, rather than unusual (I'll make a big list of other songs in 3/4 if you want...). Why should everything be in 4/4? I've recently been asked to dance to something in 5/4 time - now that is unusual. tunned:
I'll be serious for a moment...
3/4 (waltz) time is generally very easy to dance to - you have a strong ONE-two-three rhythm with emphasis on the one. You can do triplets, balancés, step-draw, forward/back, step-together-step, or lots of other movements. In fact, I'd actually say that it's probably easier to dance to 3/4 music than 4/4.
I was going to agree that this song is a bit trickier than most, but having just listened to it, I'm not sure it is.
Yes, the verses are a bit slow and ponderous. But (in the version I've just listened to it at least), there's a lot of energy and passion there, which makes it good for dance. Rather than trying to interpret the words literally, you could either use the verses as a "backdrop" for a danced story about a related topic. Or simply fit movements expressing praise, rejoicing, expectation, majesty, etc to the rhythm. Because the music moves at a slightly slower pace than the theme of the lyrics might suggest, you possibly have to dig a bit deeper inside of yourself to find something to bring out. I rather like that as it encourages creativity and understanding, as opposed to just getting caught up with the music.
The chorus is a completely different thing and yes, I want to take off as well. When dancing to this bit, a little pattern I often use as a basis is a half or quarter turn on one foot raising my arms to the sides just above shoulder level with my free leg swinging out a bit and round in front. This takes one bar of three counts, followed by two steps across the next three counts, lowering the arms. You can then repeat this on the other leg. It's just R L R, followed by L R L. If you have the energy and get the timing right, you can make the turn a hop. It should feel quite natural if you swing the arms up as you turn your body.
That probably won't make sense to anyone - it's a bit hard to put movements into words. But I hope it helps!
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