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Ian here ..... OK when attempting choreography COUNT the structure of the Verse Chorus to make the dance suit the song please. This song is in 6/8 timing (Compound Time) 4x6 = 24 or 8x6 = 48 then the dance will suit the structure of the song. After 50 years of teaching Practical music and theory it still amazes me how this can still exist.

It's an adaption of One step forward which is a 20 count dance in 4/4 time. This has been done for years around the UK as a floor split for faster waltzes, long before most people were bothered about phrased choreography. I've just typed the script to make it available online for my beginners.

I love the song however I have tried for years to correct the incorrect use of terminology and understanding of aural perception of music in linedance. The song you selected is in 6/8 not 4/4 and a waltz is in 3/4. You may hear a division of 3 but that is in one beat only in compound time. Swing Blues all have the same so are they all waltzes to ???? Phrasing is another misused term as a phrase can be simply one thought or breath not a whole verse. It should be choreographed to the structure of the song. Syncopation wellllll look it up it is playing or stepping on the half count avoiding the main beat what they should be calling Half counts. Rolling count.... for 400 years we called it Compound time pre J.S.Bach in the 2000 it was decided to rename it the laymans term Rolling count by Swing dances. The reason for aligning verse chorus is to be able to join the floor when you hear the verse/chorus start.....it makes it easier. How can Linedance ever be taken seriously as a dance form with so many errors in term use????? Education is the key please don't burry your head in the sand as you head into the Asian market 90% have learnt an instrument and understand the terminology. You will not hold credibility b being uneducated. No disrespect intended just please be educated on what you call.

I'm not saying it's 4/4, I know the song is 6/8 - what I was saying is the original dance is in 4/4 time. Look up One step forward by Betty & Charlotte - it's a straight count, not a waltz. It's adapted from the straight count to a waltz and done to different music. It's widely danced to live music - I didn't write either version of the dance, I've just typed the script as it's not available online and I link everything I teach to a script on my website. I've put the waltz timing in and the rolling count in brackets beside it - I did put a note on the script about the 2 different timings when I uploaded it, but for whatever reason, it wasn't added.

Copperknob does edit scripts they do not accept PDF I have tried they.

6/8 is not a Waltz it is Compound Duple time 2 beats to a bar not 3. The beat is split into divisions of 3 only. This also is the rhythm used in Swing music so you would not call Swing a Waltz.
The term Rolling count was only a recent terminology my thoughts are why use a new term for an already established term Compound Time.
We now have a more recent absurd term sneak into the English language "Outro". It is being used in place of Coda. All I can assume is as we have an Introduction (Intro) somene one has assumed that the Coda (Ending) to be opposite is Outro (outroductuion ???? is this English)
There are far too many misuses of Terminology in many forms of dance to be bothered down this path so I think "Let it go" but every now and a then I cannot help but bring it up. If anyone uses a term look it up in a Music Dictionary if it is not there you need to find the correct term.....Have a good day

Hey I think I know why your sheet has not all the counts you wrote ....... same just happened to me. It is obvious you studied music at some time. We use the + for a half count or in Compound time + a Copperknob only recognizes &. I resubmitted the sheet and presto its there. Give it a go.