Single-time swing
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Single Swing is a slower dance rhythm in the larger swing family of dances.
East Coast Swing or Jive are danced to rock-and-roll or jitterbug music that has 4 beats per measure and a tempo of 35-46 measures per minute. Most figures are written to span a measure and a half of music with a rock, recover, and two triples at the slower tempos: eight steps over six beats of music. When the tempo gets faster, it becomes more difficult to fit those triples in, and "single swing" is more comfortable. Each 6-count figure becomes, rock, recover, step, step, or slow, slow, quick, quick: four steps over the six beats of music.
References
- ↑ Pittman, Anne M.; Waller, Marlys S.; Dark, Cathy L. (2015). Dance a While: A Handbook for Folk, Square, Contra, and Social Dance, Tenth Edition. Waveland Press. pp. 421–423. ISBN 9781478629511. Retrieved November 2, 2026.
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