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tapping feet

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2019-01-28 23:46

Sometimes I tap my foot while playing. It's more of a habit than a necessity; when I think to notice it, I stop. During performance I don't *think* I do it at all, it's only when relaxed during home practice.

I caught myself foot tapping yesterday and stopped to consider it. I noticed that depending on how I was sitting I might tap either foot. Without playing I then tried to tap both feet in unison - and to my astonishment I couldn't do it. !!! One or the other foot always led, until I spent several minutes practicing just that, and it left me with the feeling that more practice would be needed to make bipedal taps in unison consistent.

Which brings into question my basic rhythmic sense altogether, being as how my unconscious feet turn out to be rather approximate. I suspect this is a later developing problem in me, as back in the day I would show off (to a very limited audience) simultaneously tapping feet on floor and hands on knees, 1 against 2 against 3 against 4. Not hard, but at the time all the downbeats stayed together.

This may finally get me to practice at least some of the time with a metronome.

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