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short list (root steps)
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Tap Dance Syllabus 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: 100-120bpm
Heel - 1 - hit your heel flat against the floor: 100-120bpm
Toe Toe Heel Heel - 1&2& - toe TOE heel HEEL: 70-90bpm
Stamp - 1 - hit the foot flat against the floor with your weight on it: 100-120bpm
Stomp - 1 - hit the foot flat against the floor with NO weight on it: 100-120bpm
Step (Leap) - 1 - place the ball of the foot on the floor with weight on it: 100-120bpm
Touch - 1 - place the ball of the foot on the floor with NO weight on it: 100-120bpm
Toe (Tip) - 1 - hit the very front edge of the toe on the floor: 100-120bpm
Dig (Heel) - 1 - hit the back edge of the heel tap against the floor: 100-120bpm
Step Heel - 1& - step heel: 80-100bpm
Dig Toe (Heel Toe) - 1& - dig toe: 80-100bpm
Dig Toe Step Heel (Heel Toe Toe Heel) - 1&2& - dig toe STEP HEEL: 80-100bpm
Hop - 1 - propel yourself into the air off of one foot and land on the ball of that same foot: 80-100bpm
Jump - 1 - propel yourself into the air and land on the balls of both feet at the same time: 90-110bpm
Chug - 1 - lift heels, slide forward and then drop the heels at the end of the slide: 80-100bpm.
Brush - 1 - swing foot forward (front or diagonally side) hitting only the ball tap: 80-100bpm
Flap - &1 or a1 - brush step: 100-130bpm
Flap Heel - &1 2 or &a1 - brush step heel: 100-130bpm
Flap Ball Change - a1 a2 or &1&2 - brush step STEP step: 90-120bpm
Spank (Brush Back, Draw, Pull) - 1 - swing the foot backwards hitting the ball tap along the way: 80-100bpm
Spank Step (Back Flap) - &1 or a1 - spank step: 90-120bpm
Spank Step Heel - a1 2 or &a1 - spank step heel: 100-130bpm - swing, 70-100bpm - even
Spank Step Ball change - &1&2 or a1 a2 - spank step STEP step: 90-120bpm
Shuffle - &1 or a1 - brush spank: 100-120bpm - even, 70-100bpm - swing
Shuffle Step (Running Shuffle, Leap Shuffles) - &a1 - brush spank step: 60-90bpm
Shuffle Ball Change - &1&2 or a1 a2 - brush spank step STEP: 80-100bpm - even, 90-110bpm - swing
Buffalo - 1&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE STEP: 80-100bpm
Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - step STEP heel HEEL: 80-100bpm
Irish - a1 a2 or e&a1 - shuffle HOP step: 80-100bpm
Maxie Ford - 1e&a2 or 1 a2 a3 - step SHUFFLE STEP toe (tip) (toe-tip crosses in back): 50-80bpm
Waltz Clog - 1&2&3 or 1e&a2 or 1 a2 a3 - step SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE: 50-80bpm
Heel Stand - 1 - Jump up onto the back edges of both heel taps at the same time: 90-100bpm
Step Heel Turn - 1&2& - step heel (turning - 2 step heels per rotation): 80-100bpm
Flap Heel Turn - &1 2 or &a1 - brush step heel (turning): 70-90bpm - swing, 50-70bpm - even
Slide - 1 - run or push off of one leg and allow your feet to glide along the floor: no set bpm
OPTIONAL STEPS
Leap - 1 - push off of one foot and into the air and land on the ball of the other foot: 90-110bpm
Clunk - 1 - hit the inside of the toe and heel tap against the floor at the same time: 100-120bpm
Tap Dance Syllabus Level 2 - plus all of level 1 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Toe Stand - 1 - "jump" up to the tip of your toes and balance on them: 110-130bpm
Slap - a1 - brush touch: 90-110bpm
Scuff - 1 - swing your foot forward and hit the back edge of the heel tap as the foot swings: 80-100bpm.
Scuffle (Dig Brush, Dig Spank, Paddle) - &1 or a1 - dig spank: 80-100bpm
Scuffle Step (Paddles, Dig Brush Step) - 1&a or &a1 - dig spank step: 60-90bpm
Scuffle Step Heel (Dig Brush Toe Heel, Paddle and Roll, Paradiddle) 1&2& or 1e&a - dig spank step heel: 80-100bpm
Hop Shuffle - 1&a - hop SHUFFLE: 90-110bpm
Shuffle Heel - &a1 - brush spank HEEL: 50-70bpm
Scuffle Ball Change - &1&2 or 1&2& - dig spank step STEP. 90-110bpm
Alexander (Broadway, Shirley Temple) - &1&2&3&4 or a1 a2 a3 a4 - flap HEEL heel SPANK heel TOE (TIP) heel: 90-110bpm
Back Essence - &1&2 or a1 a2 - spank step (cross behind) STEP step: 100-120bpm
Double Buffalo - a1&a2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE STEP: 100-120bpm
Double Cramp Roll (Flap Cramp Roll) a1&a2 - flap STEP heel HEEL: 100-120bpm
Double Irish (version 1) - &1&2&3&4 or a1 a2 a3 a4 - shuffle ball change, shuffle HOP step: 100-120bpm
Double Maxie Ford - &1&2&3 or a1e&a2 - flap SHUFFLE STEP toe (tip) (toe-tip crosses in back): 120-140bpm
Double Waltz Clog - &1&2&3 or a1e&a2 - flap SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE: 120-140bpm
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: 120-140bpm
Time Step Single Traditional - 8&1 2 &3&4&5 6&7& - shuffle HOP step FLAP step: 120-140bpm
Flap Heel Heel - &1&2 or a1 a2 - brush step HEEL heel: 120-140bpm
Bombershay (Bombershe, Toe Clip) - 1&a - step SPANK DIG: 60-80bpm
Drawback - &a1 - spank HEEL step: 50-70bpm
Pullback (Pull, Pick-Up - I consider these a different step, Grab-Off) - 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: 80-100bpm
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: 80-100bpm
Step Toe (Tip) Hop Turn - 1&a2&a - step TOE (TIP) hop (turning - 2 sets per rotation): 50-70bpm.
Buffalo Turn - 1&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE STEP (turning): 80-100bpm
Step Irish Turn - 1e&a2 or 1&2&3 - step SHUFFLE hop STEP (turning): 70-90bpm
OPTIONAL STEPS
Click 1 - click either the toe or heel taps together: 90-110bpm
Smack - 1 - step on the ball of the foot with a straight leg (can also be done without weight): 90-110bpm.
Slam - 1 - jump-out with straight legs and barely go into the air: 80-100bpm
Leap Heel - 1 - push off of one foot and into the air and land on the ball of the other foot, heel:110-130bpm
Travel Step - 1&a - step out to the side, SPANK, STEP IN: 60-80bpm
Crossing Pullback - a1 - pull both feet into the air and land so that one foot is crossed in front of the other: 80-100bpm
Heel Stand Turn - 1 - jump onto the back edges of your heels while turning: 80-100bpm
Tap Dance Syllabus Level 3 - plus all of level 1,2 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Shuffle Step Heel - &1&2 or e&a1 - brush spank step heel: 110-130bpm
Double Shuffle - 1&a2 - brush spank brush spank: 90-120bpm
Pendulum Shuffle - a1 a2 - Brush front, spank crossed in front, brush front, spank side: 80-100bpm.
Double Scuffle Step Heel - 1e&a2e - dig spank dig spank step heel: 80-100bpm.
Double Back Essence - a1&a2 - spank step (cross behind) FLAP step: 90-110bpm
Alternating (Around the World, Trading Cramproll) Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - step STEP HEEL heel: 90-120bpm
Irish Flap - a1&a2 - shuffle HOP flap: 90-110bpm
Riff - a1 - (this is taught many different ways) touch dig or touch scuff or brush scuff: 80-100bpm
3-Beat Riff Walk (Slam, Flam, Slurp, Third) - &a1 - touch dig toe or brush dig toe: 50-70bpm
4-Beat Riff Walk - a1 a2 - touch scuff dig toe or brush scuff dig toe: 80-100bpm
5-Beat Riff Walk - a1&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe or brush scuff HEEL dig toe: 80-100bpm
6-Beat Riff Walk - &a1&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe heel or brush scuff HEEL dig toe heel: 80-100bpm
7-Beat Riff Walk - &a1e&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe HEEL heel or brush scuff HEEL dig toe HEEL heel: 70-90bpm
Cincinnati - &1&2&3 - spank HEEL shuffle HEEL step: 90-110bpm
Double Pullback - &a*1 - pull PULL step STEP: 90-110bpm
Switching Pullback (Swapping, Alternating Pullback) a1 - pull STEP: 70-90bpm
Single Pullback (One-Foot Pullback) - a1 - pull step: 70-90bpm
Double Toe (Tip) Stand - &a*1 - toe (tip) TOE (TIP) step STEP: 80-100bpm
Double Time Step Traditional - 8&1&2&3&4&5&6&7& - shuffle HOP flap FLAP step: 120-140bpm
Triple Time Step Traditional - 8&1&a2&3&4&5&a6&7& - shuffle HOP shuffle step FLAP step: 120-140bpm
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: 120-140bpm
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: 120-140bpm
Wing - &a1 - scrape the outside edge of the balls of the feet feet outwards into the air, then spank both feet inwards and land on the balls of the feet with your feet together: 80-100bpm
Stamp Alternating Cramp Roll Turn 1 2&a3 - stamp STEP step heel HEEL (tuurning): 80-100bpm
Maxie Ford Turn - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE STEP toe (tip) (turning): 70-90bpm
OPTIONAL STEPS
Step Heel Heel - 1&a - step HEEL heel: 70-90bpm
Single Heel Stand - 1 - jump up onto the back edge of one heel tap: no set bpm
Double Flap - 1&a2 - brush step BRUSH STEP (done in rapid succession): 70-90bpm
Scuff Dig Ball Change - &1&2 or a1 a2 - scuff dig STEP step: 100-120bpm
Dig Slide - 1 - slide with the front foot doing a dig: no set bpm
Tap Dance Syllabus Level 4 - plus all of level 1,2,3 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Shuffle Pullback - e&a1 - brush spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK: 70-90bpm
Shuffle Pullback Ball Change - a1&a2 - brush spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK STEP: 100-120bpm
Triple Cramp Roll (Shuffle Cramproll) - &a1&a2 - shuffle step STEP heel HEEL: 80-100bpm.
Double Irish (version 2) - &a1&a2 - shuffle (front) HOP shuffle step: 90-110bpm
Irish Pullback a1&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK step: 100-120bpm
Irish Pullback Flap - a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK flap: 100-120bpm
Double Maxie Ford Pullback - a1e&a*2 - flap SHUFFLE switching-pullback toe (tip): 90-110bpm
Waltz Clog Pullback - 1e&a*2 - step SHUFFLE switching-pullback step: 90-110bpm
Double Waltz Clog Pullback - a1e&a*2 - flap SHUFFLE switching-pullback step: 90-110bpm
Riffle - &a1 - touch dig spank or brush dig spank: 70-90bpm
Riffle Step - e&a1 - touch dig spank step or brush dig spank step: 70-90bpm
Step Riff Heel (Leap Riff Heel) - 1&a2 - step TOUCH DIG heel or step BRUSH SCUFF heel: 110-130bpm
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: 80-100bpm
Hines Riff (Split Riff) - &a**1 - touch scuff PULL dig STEP or brush scuff PULL dig STEP: 70-90bpm
Over The Top - 1 2 - step KICK LEG INTO THE AIR, jump over the airborne leg and land on the original stepping foot: no set bpm
Trenches (Hoofer & Broadway Style) - 1 - step on one foot while the other slides backwards coming off the floor at the end of the slide: 100-120bpm
Skipping Pullback - &a1 - single pullback STEP: 80-100bpm
Treadmill - &a1 - brush SWITCHING-PULLBACK: 90-110bpm
Quadruple Time Step Traditional - 8&1e&a2&3&4&5e&a6&7& - shuffle HOP shuffle step heel FLAP step: 110-130bpm
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: 110-130bpm
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): 70-90bpm
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): 70-90bpm
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): 70-90bpm
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): 70-90bpm
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: 70-90bpm
Toe Stand Turn - 1 - "jump" up to the tip of your toes and balance on them (turning): 80-100bpm
Stamp Step Riff Heel Turn - 1 2&a3 - stamp STEP touch scuff HEEL or stamp STEP brush scuff HEEL: 70-90bpm
Stamp Step Toe (Tip) Heel Turn - 1 2&3 - stamp STEP toe (tip) HEEL (turning): 80-100bpm
Paddle Turn - &a1 - spank step STEP (turning, 2 per rotation): 90-110bpm
Single Wing (One Foot Wing) - &a1 - scrape the outer edge of one ball tap out into the air, spank, step: 80-100bpm
Double Wing (Separated, Staggered, Alternating) - &a***1 - scrape the outer edges of both ball taps out 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: 80-100bpm
Switching Wing - &a1 - scrape the outer edge of one ball tap outwards and into the air, then spank it in and land on the ball of the other foot : 100-120bpm
OPTIONAL STEPS
Scuffle Dig Toe =- &1&2 or e&a1 or a1 a2 - brush spank dig toe: 110-130bpm
Hop Scuffle - 1&a - hop DIG SPANK: 100-120bpm
Backwards Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - dig DIG toe TOE: 120-140bpm
Riffle Dig Toe - a1&a2 - touch dig spank dig toe or brush dig spank dig toe: 100-120bpm
Flap Step Ball Change - &a1 & 2 - brush step STEP step STEP: 100-120bpm
Scuff Dig Toe - &a1 - scuff dig toe: 90-110bpm
Spank Toe (Tip) Step - &a1 - spank toe (tip) step: 80-100bpm
Single Toe (Tip) Stand Turn - 1 - "jump" up to the tip toe of one foot and balance on it (turning): 80-100bpm
Scuffle Step Turn - &a1 - dig spank step (turning - 2 scuffle steps per rotation): 90-110bpm
Tap Dance Syllabus Level 5 - plus all of level 1,2,3,4 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Shuffle Dig Toe - &1&2 or e&a1 or a1 a2 - brush spank dig toe: 110-130bpm
Shuffle Toe (Tip) Step &1&2 or e&a1 - brush spank toe (tip) step: 1130-150bpm
Shuffle Toe (Tip) Toe (Tip) Step - a1&a2 - brush spank toe (tip) TOE (TIP) step: 110-130bpm
Buffalo Pullback - 1e&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE switching pullback: 100-120bpm
Double Buffalo Toe (Tip) - a1e&a2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) STEP: 90-110bpm
Double Flap Cramp Roll - a1e&a2 - flap FLAP heel HEEL: 90-110bpm
Irish Pullback Flap Heel - &a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK flap heel: 110-130bpm
Maxie Ford Toe (Tip) - 1e&a*2 - step SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) STEP toe (tip): 60-80bpm
Double Maxie Ford Toe (Tip) - a1e&a*2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) STEP toe (tip): 60-80bpm
Double Heel Stand - 1&a2 - dig DIG step STEP (group sounds tightly together): 80-100bpm
Shiggy Bop (Shovel, Heel Slide) - &a1 - with your weight on one foot scuff that foot forward, dig, STEP: 100-120bpm
Riffle Step Heel - a1&a2 - touch dig spank step heel or brush dig spank step heel: 100-120bpm
Double Drawback - &1&2 or a1 a2 - spank HEEL flap: 70-90bpm
Triple Drawback - a1&a2 - spank HEEL shuffle step: 60-80bpm
Crossing Drawback - &a1 - spank HEEL step (cross over the left foot): 100-120bpm
Scuff Heel Step - &a1 - scuff HEEL step: 80-100bpm
Pullback Toe (Tip) - &a1 - pull both feet into the air, hit both toes (tips) at the smae time, land on both feet at the same time: 80-100bpm
Crossing Wing &a1 - scrape the outside edge of the balls of the feet feet outwards into the air, then spank both feet inwards at the same time and land on the balls of the feet with your feet crossed: 90-110bpm
OPTIONAL STEPS
Alexander Clunk - &1&2&3&4 or a1 a2 a3 a4 - flap HEEL heel SPANK heel CLUNK heel: 160-180bpm
Click Buffalo - 1e&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE click-right-toe-tap-to-left-heel-tap STEP: 120-140bpm
Criss Cross Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - step DIG heel TOE: 130-150bpm
Dubdubdigtoe - 1&2& - dig TOE dig toe: 90-110bpm
Tori - 1&a - jump-together HEEL touch-out-to the-side: 70-90bpm
Penguin - &a1 - brush spank dig (put your weight on the dig): 120-140bpm
Shuffle Ball Change Heel - a1&a2 - brush spank step STEP HEEL: 140-160bpm
Scuffle Toe Flap Heel - &a1&a2 - dig spank TOE bursh step HEEL: 100-120bpm
Scuffaloeo - 1&a2&a - dig spank step DIG TOE step: 110-130bpm
Shayberbom - 1&a - step SCUFF SMACK (STEP): 120-140bpm
Double Cininnati - &1&2&a3 - spank HEEL shuffle HEEL flap: 120-140bpm
Drawback Heel - &1&2 - spank HEEL step heel: 90-110bpm
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: 100-120bpm
Jordan Pullback - 1e&a2 - pull PULL step heel STEP: 70-90bpm
Maddie Mill - 1&a - clunk SWITCHING-PULLBACK: 100-120bpm
Backwards Wing - &a1 - start 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 : 100-120bpm
Click Wing - &a*1 - start 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 : 100-120bpm
Tap Dance Syllabus Level 6 - plus all of level 1,2,3,4,5 (grouped by likeness)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Heel-Flam - 1 - drop one heel just slightly before the other: 120-140bpm
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: 120-140bpm
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: 110-130bpm
Shuffle Pullback Heel - e&a*1 - brush spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK heel: 110-130bpm
Shuffle Heel Step - e&a1 - brush spank HEEL step: 110-130bpm
Shuffle Flap - &1&2 or 1&a2 - brush spank brush step: 160-180bpm
Shuffle Toe (Tip) Pullback Ball Change - a1e&a2 - brush spank toe (tip) SWITCHING-PULLBACK STEP: 120-140bpm
Shuffle Dig Step Shuffle Toe (Tip) Step - &1&2&3&4 - brush spank toe (tip) STEP brush spank dig STEP: 90-110bpm
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: 130-150bpm
Buffalo Wing - 1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE switching wing: 110-130bpm
Buffalo Scuffle - 1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE scuffle STEP: 110-130bpm
Double Toe (Tip) Buffalo - a1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) toe (tip) STEP: 110-130bpm
Double Buffalo Toe (Tip) Pullback - a1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front ) flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) switching pullback: 80-100bpm
Riffle Cramp Roll - &a1e&a2 - riffle step STEP heel HEEL: 110-130bpm
Irish Pullback Heel Flap Heel - &a1e&a*2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK HEEL flap heel: 110-130bpm
Irish Pullback Toe (Tip) Flap - &a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK-TOE (TIP) flap: 110-130bpm
Irish Shiggy Bop (Irish Shovel) - a1&a2 - shuffle SCUFF DIG step: 90-110bpm
Irish Wing - a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-WING step: 110-130bpm
Maxie Ford Wing - 1e&a**2 - step SHUFFLE switching-wing STEP toe (tip): 100-120bpm
Double Maxie Ford Toe (Tip) Pullback - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) swicthing-pullback toe (tip): 100-120bpm
Double Toe (Tip) Maxie Ford - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) toe (TIP) STEP toe (tip): 90-110bpm
Double Waltz Clog Toe/Tip Pullback - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) switching-pullback step: 90-110bpm
Double Waltz Clog Wing - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE switching-wing step: 90-110bpm
Waltz Clog Scuffle - 1e&a**2 - step SHUFFLE scuffle STEP step: 90-110bpm
Hop Riffle - 1e&a - hop RIFF SPANK: 110-130bpm
Step Riff Brush Heel - 1e&a2 - step TOUCH DIG BRUSH heel or step BRUSH DIG BRUSH heel: 110-130bpm
Bombershay Toe - 1e&a - step SPANK DIG TOE: 100-120bpm
Toe (Tip) Dig Bombershay - 1&a2&a - toe (tip) SPANK DIG dig SPANK DIG: 120-140bpm
Cincinnati Flam - &1&2&3 - spank HEEL shuffle HEEL flam: 70-90bpm
Double Pullback Toe (Tip) - 1e&a*2 - pull PULL toe (tip) TOE (TIP) step STEP: 100-120bpm
Treadmill Heel - e&a1 - brush SWITCHING-PULLBACK heel: 90-110bpm
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: 120-140bpm
Single Pullback Toe (Tip) - &a1 - pull toe (tip) step: 100-120bpm
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): 110-130bpm
Switching Toe (Tip) Pullback (tip), then STEP on the other foot: 100-120bpm
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: 90-110bpm
Single Wing Toe (Tip) - e&a1 - scrape the outside edge of one ball tapy outwards into the air, then spank it in and land on the ball of the foot, TOE (TIP): 100-120bpm
Five Count Wing - 1e&a2 - scrape the outside edge of your ball tapsoutwards 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 : no set bpm
Wing Toe/Tip - e&a1 - scrape the outer edge of the ball taps 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: 80-100bpm
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): 140-160bpm
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 : 100-120bpm
Switching Wing Toe/Tip - e&a1 - scrape the outer edge of one ball tap outwards and into the air, then spank it in and land on the ball of the other foot, toe (tip) : 90-110bpm
Clickety Klank - 1&a2&a3 - step SHUFFLE click STEP HEEL clunk: 100-120bpm
Clunker - 1&a2&a - clunk HEEL TOE smack (step) HEEL heel: 120-140bpm
Ditto - 1&2&3& - dig TOE spank TOE dig toe: 100-120bpm
Sloppy Joe - 1&a2&a3 - dig DIG spank TOE dig toe STAMP: 100-120bpm
Farmer - 1 a2 - heel stand, spank STAMP: 80-100bpm
Jumper - 1 2&3 - jump-out hop heel STEP (cross behind) (travel to the right): 120-140bpm
Flabbergast - a1&a2 - brush step DIG heel STEP: 70-90bpm
Heelo - 1&2 - heel HEEL toe/STEP (traveling right, toe and STEP are at the same time): 110-130bpm
Skunk - scuff, hit the inside of the toe tap, hit the inside of the heel tap, HEEL: 120-140bpm
Scout 1&a2 - scuffle scuff jump-out: 130-150bpm
Bam Bam - 1&2 - stamp SCUFF jump-out: 80-100bpm
Scuffit 1e&a - dig spank scuff step: 80-100bpm
Scuffout - 1&a2&a3 - dig spank HEEL scuff HEEL TOE smack (step) : 80-100bpm
Scopper - 1e&a2 - dig spank DIG step STEP: 110-130bpm
Squiggly Wiggly - 1e&a*2 - dig spank toe (tip) DIG step STEP: 110-130bpm
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: no set bpm
Shuffle Heel Step Heel - a1&a2 - brush spank HEEL step heel: 110-130bpm
Shunk - &a1 - brush spank clunk/STEP (do the clunk and step at the same time): 110-130bpm
Blur - 1&a2&a3 - step SHUFFLE STEP scuff dig toe: 100-120bpm
Twister - 1&a2 - HOP shuffle step/DIG (do the step and DIG at the same time): 130-150bpm
Tucker - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE pull jump: 120-140bpm
Ruffle - 1e&a**2 - touch dig spank toe (tip) STEP HEEL smack (step) or brush dig spank toe (tip) STEP HEEL smack (step): 100-120bpm
Nicaela Quick - a1e&a2 - spank TOE touch dig toe STAMP: 70-90bpm
Frap - &a1 - touch (brush if traveling) dig (scuff if traveling) step: 70-90bpm
Brittanyshay - 1e&a2 - step SPANK TOE (TIP) step DIG: 100-120bpm
Jinnyshay - a1e&a2e - spank step SPANK DIG stamp SPANK DIG: 100-120bpm
Jackhammer &1&2 - spank stamp SPANK DIG: 120-140bpm
Drawbershay - 1e&a - step SPANK heel DIG: 110-130bpm
Maddalo - 1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) step SHUFFLE pullback-to-toe (tip) STEP: 90-110bpm
Faluffalo - a1e&a**2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE single-pullback-end-with-a-flap FLAP: 90-110bpm
Frap Cramp Roll (NOT flap) - a&1&a2 - frap (riff step) STEP heel HEEL: 130-150bpm
Cramprolet - 1&a - jump heel HEEL: 110-130bpm
Megamines Cramp Roll &a1e&a2 - riff HEEL dig DIG toe TOE: 120-140bpm
Maxie Ford Clunk - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE STEP clunk: 130-150bpm
Hot Toe - 1e&a***2 - step SHUFFLE TOE (TIP) scuffle STEP toe (tip): 100-120bpm
Radiohead - &a1 - scuff SINGLE-TOE-STAND step: 110-130bpm
Steel - 1e&a2 - dig spank scuff dig toe: 110-130bpm
Scuff Front - a1 - scuff both feet at the same time then land on the balls of both feet at the same time: 110-130bpm
Double Scuff Front - 1e&2 - scuff SCUFF step STEP: 80-100bpm
Frapback - &1&a2 - spank HEEL frap: 90-110bpm
Spiel - 1&a - dig SPANK toe: 140-160bpm
Stephunky - 1&a2 & - step SPANK heel TOE (TIP) toe: 70-90bpm
Swiffle (Tessa Backdraw) - 1&2&3& - spank HEEL toe (tip) HEEL step heel: 100-120bpm
Scap - &1 or a1 - scuff step: 110-130bpm
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: 110-130bpm
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: 90-110bpm
Clapull - 1&2 - pull both feet into the air, clap, land both feet on the floor at the same time: 90-110bpm
Teeler - 1e&a***2 - pull PULL toe (tip) TOE (TIP) dig DIG step STEP: 70-90bpm
Rise - 1e&a*2 - pull toe (tip) step FLAP stam: 100-120bpm
Baloney - 1e&a2 - pull PULL step heel TOE (TIP): 80-100bpm
Joe Toe Pull - 1e&a*2 - pull PULL toe (tip) step heel STEP: 80-100bpm
Scuffle Pullback - e&a1 - dig spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK: 100-120bpm
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): 70-90bpm
Jimmy - &a1 & 2 - scuff dig CHUG/drag-right-dig-out-to-side step STEP: 110-130bpm
Spots - &1&2 - spank HOP toe (tip) step: 80-100bpm
Shoe Shine - a1&a2 - spank toe (tip) step SCUFF DIG (hit foot with hand): 80-100bpm
Sugar Bop - a1&a2 - spank dig (turn foot inward) TOE (TIP) toe (turn outward) STEP: 70-90bpm
Spat - &a*1 - spank single-toe-stand FLAP: 100-120bpm
Spackle 1e&a2 - spank toe (tip) DIG TOE smack (step): 130-150bpm
Toro - 1&2 - stomp scuff smack (step): 110-130bpm
Toto - 1&a2&a3 - toe (tip) SINGLE-PULLBACK toe (tip) HOP HEEL smack (step): 80-100bpm
Dodo - 1 2 - HOP/toe (tip) (both at the same time), HEEL/toe (tip) (both at the same time): 80-100bpm
Rorymeister - 1&a2&a - stamp TOE (TIP) TOE (TIP) toe (tip) step STEP: 90-110bpm
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: 100-120bpm
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: no set bpm
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.
