LEVEL 1 (roughly the order I teach it)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Toe (flat) - 1 - lift the toe but keep the heel on the floor, then drop the toe to
the floor. There is another toe that I call a toe (tip) where you lift your foot
all the way off the floor and hit the very front edge of the toe on the floor - see
toe (tip) below
Heel - 1 - hit your heel against the floor
Toe Toe Heel Heel - 1&2& - toe TOE heel HEEL
Stamp - 1 - lift the foot and place flat against the floor with your weight on it
Stomp - 1 - lift the foot and place it flat against the floor with NO weight on it
Step (Leap) - 1 - lift the foot and place the ball of the foot on the floor with
weight on it (leap is the same except you are "jumping" onto the foot instead of
just placing it down)
Touch - 1 - lift the foot and place the ball of the foot on the floor with NO weight
on it
Toe (Tip) - 1 - lift the foot all the way off the floor and hit the very front edge
of the toe on the floor
Dig (Heel) - 1 - hit the back edge of the heel tap against the floor
Step Heel - 1& - step heel
Dig Toe (Heel Toe) - 1& - dig toe
Dig Toe Step Heel (Heel Toe Toe Heel) - 1&2& - dig toe STEP HEEL
Hop - 1 - propel yourself into the air off of one foot and land on the ball of that
same foot
Jump - 1 - propel yourself into the air and land on the balls of both feet at the
same time
Chug - 1 - lift heels, slide forward and then drop the heels at the end of the slide
forward
Brush - 1 - swing foot forward (front or diagonally side) hitting only the ball tap
Flap - &1 or a1 - brush step
Flap Heel - &1 2 or &a1 - brush step heel
Flap Ball Change - a1 a2 or &1&2 - brush step STEP step
Spank (Brush Back, Draw, Pull) - 1 - swing the foot back (coming from the front or
diagonally side) hitting only the ball tap
Spank Step (Back Flap) - &1 or a1 - swing the foot back (coming from the front or
diagonally side) hitting only the ball tap, step
Spank Step Heel - a1 2 or &a1 - spank step heel
Spank Step Ball Change - &1&2 or a1 a2 - spank step STEP step
Shuffle - &1 or a1 - brush spank
Shuffle Step (Running Shuffle, Leap Shuffles, Jogging Shuffles) - &a1 - brush spank
step
Shuffle Ball Change - &1&2 or a1 a2 - brush spank step STEP
Buffalo - 1&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE STEP
Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - step STEP heel HEEL
Irish - a1 a2 or e&a1 - shuffle HOP step
Maxie Ford - 1&2&3 or 1e&a2 or 1 a2 a3 - step SHUFFLE STEP toe (tip) (toe-tip crosses
in back)
Waltz Clog - 1&2&3 or 1e&a2 or 1 a2 a3 - step SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE
Heel Stand - 1 - jump onto the back edges of your heels and balance
Step Heel Turn - 1&2& - step heel (turning - 2 step heels per rotation)
Flap Heel Turn - &1 2 or &a1 - brush step heel (turning)
Slide - 1 - run or push off of one leg and allow your feet to glide along the floor
without leaving the floor
OPTIONAL STEPS
Clunk - 1 - hit the inside of the toe and heel tap against the floor at the same
time
Leap - 1 - push off of one foot and into the air and land on the ball of the other
foot
GO TO LEVEL: Top 1 2 3 4 5 6
LEVEL 2 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Toe (Tip) Stand - 1 - "jump" up to the tip of your toes and balance on them
Slap - a1 - brush touch
Scuff - 1 - swing your foot forward and hit the back edge of the heel tap as the
foot swings
Scuffle (Dig Brush, Dig Spank, Paddle) - &1 or a1 - dig spank
Scuffle Step (Paddles, Dig Brush Step) - 1&a or &a1 - dig spank step
Scuffle Step Heel (Dig Brush Toe Heel, Paddle and Roll, Paradiddle) - 1&2& or 1e&a
- dig spank step heel
Hop Shuffle - 1&a - hop BRUSH SPANK
Shuffle Heel - &a1 - brush spank HEEL
Scuffle Ball Change - &1&2 - dig spank step STEP
Alexander (Broadway, Shirley Temple) - &1&2&3&4 or a1 a2 a3 a4 - flap HEEL heel SPANK
heel TOE (TIP) heel
Back Essence - &1&2 or a1 a2 - spank step (cross behind) STEP step
Double Buffalo *NOT ALPHABETICAL - a1&a2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE STEP
Double Cramp Roll (Flap Cramp Roll) - a1&a2 - flap STEP heel HEEL
Double Irish (version 1) - &1&2&3&4 or a1 a2 a3 a4 - shuffle ball change, shuffle
HOP step
Double Maxie Ford *NOT ALPHABETICAL - &1&2&3 or a1e&a2 - flap SHUFFLE STEP toe (tip)
Double Waltz Clog - &1&2&3 or a1e&a2 - flap SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE
Buck Single Time Step - 8 1 2&3&4 5 6&7& - stomp (some people add a spank after the
stomp) HOP step FLAP step
Time Step - Single Traditional *NOT ALPHABETICAL - 8&1 2&3&4&5 6&7& - shuffle HOP
step FLAP step
Flap Heel Heel - &1&2 or a1 a2 - brush step HEEL heel
Bombershay (Bombershe, Toe Clip) - 1&a - step SPANK DIG
Drawback - &a1 - spank HEEL step
Pullback (Pull, Grab-Off, Pick-Up which I consider a different step) - a1 - jump
backwards and as your feet leave the floor they both do a spank at the same time
then both feet land on the balls of the feet at the same time
In and Out Pullback - a1 a2 - start feet apart, pull both feet into the air and land
feet together, pull into the air and land feet apart
Step Toe (Tip) Hop Turn - 1&a2&a - step TOE (TIP) hop (turning - 2 sets per rotation)
Buffalo Turn - 1&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE STEP (turning)
Step Irish Turn - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE hop STEP (turning)
OPTIONAL STEPS
Click - 1 - click either the toe taps together or the heel taps together
Crossing Pullback - a1 - pull both feet into the air and land so that one foot is
crossed in front of the other
Heel Stand Turn - 1 - jump onto the back edges of your heels while turning
Leap Heel - 1 - push off of one foot and into the air and land on the ball of the
other foot, heel
Smack - 1 - step on the ball of the foot with a straight leg (can also be done without
weight
Slam - 1 - jump-out with straight legs and barely go into the air (it's more like
a scoot back on your toes)
Travel Step - 1&a - step out to the side, SPANK, STEP IN
GO TO LEVEL: Top 1 2 3 4 5 6
LEVEL 3 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Shuffle Step Heel - &1&2 or e&a1 - brush spank step heel
Double Shuffle - 1&a2 - brush spank brush spank
Pendulum Shuffle *NOT ALPHABETICAL - a1 a2 - brush to the front then spank in front
of the standing foot, then brush back out to the front and then spank diagonally
back to the side
Double Scuffle Step Heel - 1e&a2e - dig spank dig spank step heel
Double Back Essence *NOT ALPHABETICAL - a1&a2 - spank step (cross behind) FLAP step
Alternating (Around the World, Trading Cramp Roll) Cramp Roll *NOT ALPHABETICAL -
1&a2 - step STEP HEEL heel
Irish Flap - a1&a2 - shuffle HOP flap
Riff - a1 - (this is taught many different ways) touch dig or touch scuff or brush
scuff
3-Beat Riff Walk (Slam, Flam, Slurp, Third) *NOT ALPHABETICAL - &a1 - touch dig toe
or brush dig toe
4-Beat Riff Walk *NOT ALPHABETICAL - a1 a2 - touch scuff dig toe or brush scuff dig
toe
5-Beat Riff Walk *NOT ALPHABETICAL - a1&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe or brush scuff
HEEL dig toe
6-Beat Riff Walk - &a1&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe heel or brush scuff HEEL dig
toe heel
7-Beat Riff Walk - &a1e&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe HEEL heel or brush scuff HEEL
dig toe HEEL heel
Cincinnati - &1&2&3 - spank HEEL shuffle HEEL step
Double Pullback *NOT ALPHABETICAL - 1&a2 - pull PULL step STEP
Switching Pullback (Swapping, Alternating Pullback) *NOT ALPHABETICAL - a1 - start
on one foot, push off the floor into the air and as your foot leaves the floor do
a spank then land on the ball of the other foot
Single Pullback (One-Foot Pullback) *NOT ALPHABETICAL - a1 - start on one foot, push
off the floor into the air and as your foot leaves the floor do a spank then land
on the ball of the foot
Double Toe (Tip) Stand - 1&a2 - toe (tip) TOE (TIP) step STEP
Double Time Step Traditional - 8&1&2&3&4&5&6&7& - shuffle HOP flap FLAP step
Triple Time Step Traditional - 8&1&a2&3&4&5&a6&7& - shuffle HOP shuffle step FLAP
step
Buck Double Time Step - 8 1&2&3&4 5&6&7& - stomp (some people add a spank after the
stomp) HOP flap FLAP step
Buck Triple Time Step - 8 1&a2&3&4 5&a6&7& - stomp (some people add a spank after
the stomp) HOP shuffle step FLAP step
Wing - &a1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both feet
outwards and into the air, then spank both feet inwards at the same time and land
on the balls of the feet with your feet together
Stamp (alternating) Cramp Roll Turn *NOT ALPHABETICAL - 1 2&a3 - stamp STEP step
heel HEEL (tuurning)
Maxie Ford Turn - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE STEP toe (tip) (turning)
OPTIONAL STEPS
Dig Slide - 1 - run or push off of one leg and allow your feet to glide along the
floor without leaving the floor and the front foot should have the back edge of the
heel touching the floor during the glide
Double Flap - 1&a2 - brush step BRUSH STEP (done in rapid succession)
Scuff Dig Ball Change - &1&2 - scuff dig STEP step
Single Heel Stand - 1 - jump up onto the back edge of one heel tap
Step Heel Heel - 1&a - step HEEL heel
GO TO LEVEL: Top 1 2 3 4 5 6
LEVEL 4 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Shuffle Pullback - e&a1 - brush spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK
Shuffle Pullback Ball Change - a1&a2 - brush spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK STEP
Triple Cramp Roll (Shuffle Cramp Roll) - &a1&a2 - shuffle step STEP heel HEEL
Double Irish (version 2) - &a1&a2 - shuffle (front) HOP shuffle step
Irish Pullback - a1&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK step
Irish Pullback Flap - a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK flap
Maxie Ford Pullback - 1e&a*2 - step SHUFFLE switching-pullback toe (tip)
Double Maxie Ford Pullback - a1e&a*2 - flap SHUFFLE switching-pullback toe (tip)
Waltz Clog Pullback - 1e&a*2 - step SHUFFLE switching-pullback step
Double Waltz Clog Pullback - a1e&a*2 - flap SHUFFLE switching-pullback step
Riffle - &a1 - touch dig spank or brush dig spank
Riffle Step - e&a1 - touch dig spank step or brush dig spank step
Step Riff Heel (Hop Riff Heel, Leap Riff Heel) - 1&a2 - step TOUCH DIG heel or step
BRUSH DIG heel
8-100 Beat Riff Walk - e&a1e&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe HEEL heel TOE (TIP) or
brush scuff HEEL dig toe HEEL heel TOE (TIP), start with a riff and then add X number
of sounds to get a X-beat riff walk
Hines Riff (Split Riff) - &a**1 - touch scuff PULL dig STEP or brush scuff PULL dig
STEP
Over The Top - 1 2 - step KICK LEG INTO THE AIR, jump over the airborne leg and land
on the original stepping foot
Trenches (Hoofer & Broadway Style) - 1 - step on one foot while the other slides
backwards coming off the floor at the end of the slide
Skipping Pullback - &a1 - single pullback STEP
Treadmill - &a1 - brush SWITCHING-PULLBACK
Quadruple Time Step Traditional - 8&1e&a2&3&4&5e&a6&7& - shuffle HOP shuffle step
heel FLAP step
Buck Quadruple Time Step - 8 1e&a2&3&4 5e&a6&7& - stomp (some people add a spank
after the stomp) HOP shuffle step heel FLAP step
Single Traveling Time Step - 8&1&2&3&4 5 6&7& - shuffle step SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE
BALL CHANGE hop STEP shuffle step (some people start it with the hop)
Double Traveling Time Step - 8&1&2&3&4 5&6&7& - shuffle step SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE
BALL CHANGE hop FLAP shuffle step (some people start it with the hop)
Triple Traveling Time Step - 8&1&2&3&4 5&a6&7& - shuffle step SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE
BALL CHANGE hop SHUFFLE STEP shuffle step (some people start it with the hop)
Quadruple Traveling Time Step - 8&1&2&3&4 5e&a6&7& - shuffle step SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE
BALL CHANGE hop SHUFFLE STEP HEEL shuffle step (some people start it with the hop)
Heel Grind Time Step - 1&a2&3&4 5&a6&7&8, 1&a2&3&4&5&6&7&8 - hop SHUFFLE STEP dig
STEP spank step, hop SHUFFLE STEP dig STEP spank step, hop SHUFFLE STEP dig STEP
spank step, shuffle ball change flap ball change
Toe (Tip) Stand Turn - 1 - "jump" up to the tip of your toes and balance on them
(turning)
Stamp Step Riff Heel Turn *NOT ALPHABETICAL - 1 2&a3 - stamp STEP touch scuff HEEL
or stamp STEP brush scuff HEEL Nicaela Quick - a1e&a2 - spank TOE touch dig toe
STAMP
Stamp Step Toe (Tip) Heel Turn - 1 2&3 - stamp STEP toe (tip) HEEL (turning)
Paddle Turn - 1&a - spank step STEP (turning)
Single Wing (One Foot Wing) *NOT ALPHABETICAL - &a1 - start on the ball of one foot,
scrape your foot outwards and into the air, then spank it in and land on the ball
of the foot
Double Wing (Separated, Staggered, Alternating) *NOT ALPHABETICAL - &a***1 - start
on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both feet outwards and into the
air - one before the other, then spank both feet inwards - one before the other,
then land on the balls of the feet - one before the other
Switching Wing - &a1 - start on the ball of one foot, scrape your foot outwards and
into the air, then spank it in and land on the ball of the other foot
OPTIONAL STEPS
Backwards Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - dig DIG toe TOE
Flap Step Ball Change - &a1 & 2 - brush step STEP step STEP
Hop Scuffle - 1&a - hop DIG SPANK
Riffle Dig Toe - a1&a2 - touch dig spank dig toe or brush dig spank dig toe
Scuff Dig Toe - &a1 - scuff dig toe
Scuffle Dig Toe - e&a1 - dig spank dig toe
Scuffle Step Turn - &a1 - dig spank step (turning - 2 scuffle steps per rotation)
Single Toe (Tip) Stand (One Foot Toe (Tip) Stand) - 1 - "jump" up to the tip toe
of one foot and balance on it
Single Toe (Tip) Stand Turn - 1 - "jump" up to the tip toe of one foot and balance
on it (turning)
Spank Toe (Tip) Step - &a1 - spank toe (tip) step
GO TO LEVEL: Top 1 2 3 4 5 6
LEVEL 5 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Shuffle Dig Toe - &1&2 or a1 a2 - brush spank dig toe
Shuffle Toe (Tip) Step - &1&2 or e&a1 - brush spank toe (tip) step
Shuffle Toe (Tip) Toe (Tip) Step - a1&a2 - brush spank toe (tip) TOE (TIP) step
Buffalo Pullback - 1e&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE switching pullback
Double Buffalo Toe (Tip) - a1e&a2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP)
STEP
Double Flap Cramp Roll - a1e&a2 - flap FLAP heel HEEL
Irish Pullback Flap Heel - &a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK flap heel
Maxie Ford Toe (Tip) - 1e&a*2 - step SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) STEP toe (tip) (last toe (tip)
crosses in back)
Double Maxie Ford Toe (Tip) - a1e&a*2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) STEP toe (tip)
Double Heel Stand - 1&a2 - dig DIG step STEP (group sounds tightly together)
Shiggy Bop (Shovel, Heel Slide) - &a1 - with your weight on one foot scuff that foot
forward, dig, STEP
Riffle Step Heel - a1&a2 - touch dig spank step heel or brush dig spank step heel
Double Drawback - &1&2 - spank HEEL flap
Triple Drawback - a1&a2 - spank HEEL shuffle step
Crossing Drawback - &a1 - spank HEEL step (cross over the left foot)
Scuff Heel Step - &a1 - scuff HEEL step
Pullback Toe (Tip) - &a1 - pull both feet into the air, hit both toes (tips) at the
same time, land on both feet at the same time
Crossing Wing - &a1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both
feet outwards and into the air, then spank both feet inwards at the same time and
land on the balls of the feet with your feet crossed
OPTIONAL STEPS
Alexander Clunk - &1&2&3&4 or a1 a2 a3 a4 - flap HEEL heel SPANK heel CLUNK heel
Backwards Wing - &a1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet apart, scrape both
feet inwards and into the air allowing one foot to cross in front of the other, then
brush both feet outwards at the same time and land on the balls of the feet with
your feet apart
Click Buffalo - 1e&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE click-right-toe-tap-to-left-heel-tap
STEP
Click Pullback - 1&2 - pull both feet into the air, click the inside of each foot
together, land both feet on the floor at the same time
Click Wing - &a*1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both
feet outwards and into the air, then spank both feet inwards at the same time and
click them together in the air, then land on the balls of the feet with your feet
apart
Criss Cross Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - step DIG heel TOE
Double Cincinnati - &1&2&a3 - spank HEEL shuffle HEEL flap
Drawback Heel - &1&2 - spank HEEL step heel
Dub Dub Dig Toe - 1&2& - dig TOE dig toe
Jordan Pullback - 1e&a2 - pull PULL step heel STEP
Maddie Mill - 1&a - clunk SWITCHING-PULLBACK
Penguin - &a1 - brush spank dig (put your weight on the dig)
Scuffaloeo - 1&a2&a - dig spank step DIG TOE step
Scuffle Toe Flap Heel - &a1&a2 - dig spank TOE brush step HEEL
Shayberbom - 1&a - step SCUFF SMACK (STEP)
Shuffle Ball Change Heel - a1&a2 - brush spank step STEP HEEL
Tori - 1&a - jump-together HEEL touch-out-to the-side
GO TO LEVEL: Top 1 2 3 4 5 6
LEVEL 6 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Heel-Flam - 1 - drop one heel just slightly before the other
Jump Flam - 1 - propel yourself into the air and land so that the ball of one foot
hits the floor just slightly before the other foot
Hoofer’s Shuffle - &a1 - hit the outside of the ball tap, straighten the leg for
a split second and let the ball tap brush a tiny bit to the side, tap the ball tap
in place or slightly to the other side
Shuffle Pullback Heel - e&a*1 - brush spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK heel
Shuffle Heel Step - e&a1 - brush spank HEEL step
Shuffle Flap - &1&2 or 1&a2 - brush spank brush step
Shuffle Toe (Tip) Pullback Ball Change - a1e&a2 - brush spank toe (tip) SWITCHING-PULLBACK
STEP
Shuffle Dig Step Shuffle Toe (Tip) Step - &1&2&3&4 - brush spank toe (tip) STEP brush
spank dig STEP
Hop Shuffle Hop Scuffle Hop Riffle Hop Stomp Spank - 1e&a2&a3&a4&a - hop RIFF SPANK
hop DIG SPANK hop BRUSH SPANK hop STOMP SPANK
Buffalo Wing - 1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE switching wing
Buffalo Scuffle - 1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE scuffle STEP
Double Toe (Tip) Buffalo - a1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP)
toe (tip) STEP
Double Buffalo Toe (Tip) Pullback - a1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front ) flap SHUFFLE
TOE (TIP) switching pullback
Riffle Cramp Roll - &a1e&a2 - riffle step STEP heel HEEL
Irish Pullback Heel Flap Heel - &a1e&a*2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK HEEL flap heel
Irish Pullback Toe (Tip) Flap - &a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK-TOE (TIP) flap
Irish Shiggy Bop (Irish Shovel) - a1&a2 - shuffle SCUFF DIG step
Irish Wing - a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-WING step
Maxie Ford Wing - 1e&a**2 - step SHUFFLE switching-wing STEP toe (tip) (toe-tip crosses
in back)
Double Maxie Ford Toe (Tip) Pullback - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) switching-pullback
toe (tip)
Double Toe (Tip) Maxie Ford - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) toe (TIP) STEP toe
(tip)
Double Waltz Clog Toe (Tip) Pullback - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) switching-pullback
step
Double Waltz Clog Wing - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE switching-wing step
Waltz Clog Scuffle - 1e&a**2 - step SHUFFLE scuffle STEP step
Hop Riffle - 1e&a - hop RIFF SPANK
Step Riff Brush Heel - 1e&a2 - step TOUCH DIG BRUSH heel or step BRUSH DIG BRUSH
heel
Bombershay Toe - 1e&a - step SPANK DIG TOE
Toe (Tip) Dig Bombershay - 1&a2&a - toe (tip) SPANK DIG dig SPANK DIG
Cincinnati Flam - &1&2&3 - spank HEEL shuffle HEEL flam
Double Pullback Toe (Tip) - 1e&a*2 - pull PULL toe (tip) TOE (TIP) step STEP
Treadmill Heel - e&a1 - brush SWITCHING-PULLBACK heel
Switching Pullback Flap - &a1 - start on one foot, push off the floor into the air
and as your foot leaves the floor do a spank then FLAP on the other foot
Single Pullback Toe (Tip) - &a1 - pull toe (tip) step
Switching Pullback Toe (Tip) - &a1 - start on one foot, push off the floor into the
air and as your foot leaves the floor do a spank then STEP on the other foot, toe
(tip)
Switching Toe (Tip) Pullback - &a1 - start on one foot, push off the floor into the
air and as your foot leaves the floor do a spank, toe (tip), then STEP on the other
foot
Pullback Shuffle Step - 1&a2 - pull both feet into the air, shuffle both feet at
the the same time while in the air, land on both feet at the same time
Single Wing Toe (Tip) - e&a1 - start on the ball of one foot, scrape your foot outwards
and into the air, then spank it in and land on the ball of the foot, TOE (TIP)
Five Count Wing - 1e&a2 - start on the balls of the feet, scrape your feet outwards
and into the air, then spank them in, then brush them out again, then spank them
in again, then land on the balls of the feet
Wing Toe (Tip) - e&a1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape
both feet outwards and into the air, then spank both feet inwards at the same time,
hit the toes (tips) of both feet and land on the balls of the feet with your feet
together
Single Wing Heel Toe (Tip) - 1e&a2 - start on the ball of one foot, scrape your foot
outwards and into the air, then spank it in and land on the ball of the foot, heel,
TOE (TIP)
One Way Wing - &a1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both
feet outwards and into the air towards one side, then spank both feet inwards at
the same time and land on the balls of the feet with your feet together
Switching Wing Toe (Tip) - e&a1 - start on the ball of one foot, scrape your foot
outwards and into the air, then spank it in and land on the ball of the other foot,
toe (tip)
OPTIONAL STEPS
Annalisa's 8-beat Riff Walk - e&a1e&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe SPANK STEP stamp
or brush scuff HEEL dig toe SPANK STEP stamp
Baloney - 1e&a2 - pull PULL step heel TOE (TIP)
Bam Bam - 1&2 - stamp SCUFF jump-out
Blur - 1&a2&a3 - step SHUFFLE STEP scuff dig toe
Brittanyshay - 1e&a2 - step SPANK TOE (TIP) step DIG
Clickety Klank - 1&a2&a3 - step SHUFFLE click STEP HEEL clunk
Clapull - 1&2 - pull both feet into the air, clap, land both feet on the floor at
the same time
Clunker - 1&a2&a - clunk HEEL TOE smack (step) HEEL heel
Cramprolet - 1&a - jump heel HEEL
Ditto - 1&2&3& - dig TOE spank TOE dig toe
Dodo - 1 2 - HOP/toe (tip) (both at the same time), HEEL/toe (tip) (both at the same
time)
Double Scuff Front - 1e&2 - scuff SCUFF step STEP
Drawbershay - 1e&a - step SPANK heel DIG
Faluffalo - a1e&a**2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE single-pullback-end-with-a-flap
FLAP
Farmer - 1 a2 - heel stand, spank STAMP
Five Count Single Wing - 1e&a2 - scrape the outer edge of one ball tap outwards and
into the air, then spank it in, then brush it out again, then spank it in again,
then land on the ball of the foot
Flabbergast - a1&a2 - brush step DIG heel STEP
Frap - &a1 - touch (brush if traveling) dig (scuff if traveling) step
Frapback - &1&a2 - spank HEEL frap
Frap Cramp Roll (NOT flap) - a&1&a2 - frap (riff step) STEP heel HEEL
Heelo - 1&2 - heel HEEL toe/STEP (traveling right, toe and STEP are at the same time)
Hot Toe - 1e&a***2 - step SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) scuffle STEP toe (tip) (last toe-tip
crosses in back)
Jackhammer - &1&2 - spank stamp SPANK DIG
Jimmy - &a1 & 2 - scuff dig CHUG/drag-right-dig-out-to-side step STEP
Jinnyshay - a1e&a2e - spank step SPANK DIG stamp SPANK DIG
Joe Toe Pull - 1e&a*2 - pull PULL toe (tip) step heel STEP
Jumper - 1 2&3 - jump-out hop heel STEP (cross behind) (travel to the right)
Maddalo - 1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) step SHUFFLE pullback-to-toe (tip) STEP
Maxie Ford Clunk - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE STEP clunk (clunk crosses in back)
Megamines Cramp Roll - &a1e&a2 - riff HEEL dig DIG toe TOE
Nicaela Quick - a1e&a2 - spank TOE touch dig toe STAMP
Pullback Dig Toe - &a1 - pull both feet into the air, land on the back edge of both
heels at the same time, drop both toes at the same time
Radiohead - &a1 - scuff SINGLE-TOE-STAND step
Rise - 1e&a*2 - pull toe (tip) step FLAP stamp
Rorymeister - 1&a2&a - stamp TOE (TIP) TOE (TIP) toe (tip) step STEP
Ruffle - 1e&a**2 - touch dig spank toe (tip) STEP HEEL smack (step) or brush dig
spank toe (tip) STEP HEEL smack (step)
Scap - &1 or a1 - scuff step
Scissor Wing - &a1 - start on the balls of the feet with one foot in front of the
other, scrape the front foot backwards and into the air while at the same time scraping
the back foot forwards and into the air, then spank the foot in front and brush the
foot in back at the same time and land where you started
Scout - 1&a2 - scuffle scuff jump-out
Scuff Front - a1 - scuff both feet at the same time then land on the balls of both
feet at the same time
Scuffit - 1e&a - dig spank scuff step
Scuffle Pullback - e&a1 - dig spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK
Scuffout - 1&a2&a3 - dig spank HEEL scuff HEEL TOE smack (step)
Scopper - 1e&a2 - dig spank DIG step STEP
Shoe Shine - 1e&a2 - spank toe (tip) step SCUFF DIG (hit foot with hand)
Sh-sh-sh-shuffle - 1e&a2e&a3 - STEP shuffle (as you shuffle push off the left foot
into the air) shuffle shuffle (while in the air - yeah I know) step STEP
Shuffle Heel Step Heel - a1&a2 - brush spank HEEL step heel
Shunk - &a1 - brush spank clunk/STEP (do the clunk and step at the same time)
Skunk - e&a1 - scuff, hit the inside of the toe tap, hit the inside of the heel tap,
HEEL
Sloppy Joe - 1&a2&a3 - dig DIG spank TOE dig toe STAMP
Spackle - 1e&a2 - spank toe (tip) DIG TOE smack (step)
Spat - &a*1 - spank single-toe-stand FLAP
Spiel - 1&a - dig SPANK toe
Spots - &1&2 - spank HOP toe (tip) step
Squiggly Wiggly - 1e&a*2 - dig spank toe (tip) DIG step STEP
Steel - 1e&a2 - dig spank scuff dig toe
Stephunky - 1&a2 & - step SPANK heel TOE (TIP) toe
Swiffle (Tessa Backdraw) - 1&2&3& - spank HEEL toe (tip) HEEL step heel
Switching Pullback Flap Heel Toe (Tip) - &a**1 - start on one foot, push off the
floor into the air and as your foot leaves the floor do a spank then FLAP HEEL on
the other foot, toe (tip)
Sugar Bop - 1&2&3 - spank dig (turn foot inward) TOE (TIP) toe (turn outward) STEP
Teeler - 1e&a***2 - pull PULL toe (tip) TOE (TIP) dig DIG step STEP
Toro - 1&2 - stomp scuff smack (step)
Toto - 1&a2&a3 - toe (tip) SINGLE-PULLBACK toe (tip) HOP HEEL smack (step)
Tucker - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE pull jump
Twister - 1&a2 - HOP shuffle step/DIG (do the step and DIG at the same time)
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NOTES
This tap dance syllabus is designed to give you a rough idea of what level each of
these steps can be taught at. Like any syllabus, it is flexible. Some classes move
very quickly and others more slowly. Also, I doubt anyone will get to each step in
every level. I know I certainly don't. I try to hit the important ones and the rest
are optional if I get around to them.
