“In the
Music” Drum Solo
Choreographed
by Piper to track 12 on the “Karma” CD by Ali Arsoy
Piper
Reid Hunt, PhD © 2006 & 2007
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Pose with body facing 45° stage right, head facing forward. L9
Arms (R hand at R hip), left heel high.
4 counts:
“Agari Lath” dum, dum, dum
Quickly lift arms through M2
until the back of hands touch high above head while arching chest forward and
pulling head slightly back at an angle.
Left Hip Drops Up-DownUp.
4 counts:
“In the music” chink-a-chink chink-a-chink
Push against floor with ball of right foot to swivel and step left facing
45° stage left, bringing arms into E2
while pointing right foot behind you.
Pelvis neutral, abs in, chest lifted and pushed forward for Shoulder Shimmy.
4 counts:
“Ali Arsoy” dum, dum, dum
Swivel to face forward in Neutral Posture, bringing hands under hair in E8.
Swing Shimmy Left-RightLeft.
4 counts:
“In the music” chink-a-chink chink-a-chink
Push against floor with ball of left foot to step right 45° stage right,
and place pointed left foot 45° stage left, left knee straight, right knee bent,
chest and pelvis NEUTRAL! Right hand
remains in E8, left in E7 for left Twist Hip FrontBack-FrontBack.
4 counts:
“Agari Lath” dum, dum, dum
Pull left foot and hip in (keep left hip up!) while turning left palm
up, then Left Hip Drops Down-UpDown.
4 counts:
“In the music” chink-a-chink chink-a-chink
Step left foot forward, pelvis neutral, Chest Tilt with right shoulder
down, arms up to your left in L8. Choo-Choo
in place stepping on the balls of both feet RightLeft-RightLeft.
4 counts:
“Ali Arsoy” dum, dum, dum
Step right then left to turn CW to face backstage. Arms in C3
for Basic Shimmy with Clenches Left-RightLeft.
4 counts:
“In the music” chink-a-chink chink-a-chink
Swivel on left foot to face stage left, right heel lifted. Arms in L1
for right Single Hip Rotations
(back-up-forward, down).
1 count
of 8 dum ta, ta dum ta, dum ta, ta dum ta (1-2-&3-4, 5-6-&7-8)
Right Hip Drops with
AndPlace-AndRelease, Party Arms.
1 count
of 8: belady
3 steps of Bounce Walk in a
little half circle to end facing stage right.
On 7, place ball of left foot near right heel. On 8, shift to Exaggerated Egyptian Posture with Betty Boop Arms.
1 count
of 8: belady
Hip Pops on 1, 3, 5, 7.
Pull left foot in and shift to Float Arms in Egyptian Posture on 8.
4 counts
of 8: tekata tekata tekata tekata TAK dududu dududu TAK
Do 2 left Single Hip Rotations, then Hip Up with clench on
5, then Shoulder Shimmy with optional Body Roll Up, finishing on 8 with
a small chin lift. Clap hands together
in Genii Arms on the 4th
(last) 8.
1 count
of 4: TAK TAK TAK roll
Head Slides right, left, right for 1,
2, 3.
1 count
of 4: TAK TAK TAK roll
Still in Genii Arms, left Hip
Drops with the TAKs, then push against floor with ball of right foot to
shift to the left, leaving right foot on the ball behind you.
1 count
of 4: TAK TAK TAK roll
L10 Arms
(right hand at shoulder level and slightly back) for right Hip Drops with the TAKs.
1 count
of 4: TAK TAK TAK roll
Isolated right shoulder forward, back, forward.
1 count
of 8: TAK roll TAK roll TAK roll dum dum TAK
Three half time Hip Pulls
right with Gime Rising Arms – finish with Shoulder
Shimmy in E2.
1 count
of 8: TAK roll TAK roll TAK roll dum dum TAK
Three half time Hip Pulls
left with E9 Arms – finish with 3
Choo-Choo steps with Clenches Right-LeftRight while turning to face stage left
and bringing arms to L8.
2 counts
of 8: count down on the odd beats and finish up on 8
Hip Drops layered
over a Front-to-Back Single Hip Circle
with a ¼ turn on 4. Switch hands to left
E6, right A7 on the second count of 8.
2 counts
of 8: little rolls then down on 3 and up
on 4, then repeat, then above rhythm
Choo-Choos layered
with Side Slides starting to the
right with Sway Hands (Down). Finish
with a little jump, ending with feet shoulder width apart, right fingers pointing
to left ribs, left hand out to side with palm up.
1 count
of 8: count down on the odd beats and finish up on 8
Big Hip
Circle with heel bounce, starting left and moving back, right, forward and
left again. Circle left wrist.
1 count
of 8: TAK a TAK dunta TAK, TAK a TAK dunta TAK,
Scoop
Figure 8s with heel bounce and little kicks to the side, starting stepping right. Low Float Arms.
1 count
of 8: TAK a TAK dunta TAK, TAK a TAK dunta TAK,
Right Hip Drops with Bounce. Finish on 8 with a right hip pop up and back
in Exaggerated Egyptian Posture, right arm in Stop, left hand on left hip.
2 counts
of 8: TAK dududududu dum ta TAK, TAK dududududu dum ta TAK
Right Hip Drop with clench on
1, pop it back up on 2, cross step right on 3, left Hip Pop in Exaggerated
Egyptian Posture on 4, left arm in Stop,
right hand on right hip. Reverse. Repeat.
1 count
of 8: belady slowing down
Right Hip Pulls,
Forward-Forward-Back-Back, repeat, slowing down.
dum tata TAK
tata dum tata TAK tata dum tata TAK CLAP CLAP CLAP
Shift weight to right foot and do 6 left Half-Moon Hip Drops starting forward. Clap 3 times to your right.
dum tata TAK
tata dum tata TAK tata dum tata TAK CLAP CLAP CLAP
Shift weight to left foot and do 6 right Half-Moon Drops starting forward.
Clap 3 times to your left.
dum tata TAK
tata dum tata TAK tata dum tata TAK CLAP CLAP CLAP
¾ Swing
Shimmy with Swivel – start stepping right foot to stage right, then
left hip forward towards audience. End
standing on right foot with the left foot pointed towards stage left and do 3
tight hip ups to the right.
dum tata TAK
tata dum tata TAK tata dum tata TAK CLAP CLAP CLAP
Reverse of above. Finish by
pulling right foot in with right hip up, right hand in E8, left in high E7.
dum tata TAK
tata dum tata TAK TAK dum tak tak CLAP CLAP CLAP
Pull right foot in while swiveling a bit to your left and put left hand
behind hair – right hip Drop-Pop-Drop-PopPop-Drop-Pop. Step on right foot to swivel left hip forward
while bringing right hand to right hip, and snap left fingers at audience 3
times.
dum tata TAK
tata dum tata TAK TAK dum tak tak CLAP CLAP CLAP
Left hip Drop-Pop-Drop-PopPop-Drop-Pop.
Step L-R-L
dum tata
roll dum tata roll dum tata roll CLAP CLAP CLAP
CCW Hip Rotation/Circles stepping forward with the right foot in front. Shoulder Shimmy to the beat.
dum tata
roll dum tata roll dum tata roll CLAP CLAP CLAP
Chest Rotations stepping side. Step
R-L-R to the beat, finishing facing slightly to the left.
4x dum tata tata, dum tata tata, dum
tata tata, dum dum tac
Forward-Step-Back-Step with ¾ Shimmy on toes with V Arms, stepping
L-R-L-R-L-R on the beat, facing first sightly left, then slightly right. On 7,
step back L on a diagonal into Exaggerated Egyptian Posture, left hand to right
temple, right hand on hip. Reverse. Repeat.
dum tata
tata, dum tata tata,
Face forward and step L – R – L with 3/4 Swing Shimmy
4x dum tatatatatatatatatata
TAK TAK
Swing hips sharply right on dum,
Shimmy, then Shimmy with Clenches L-R for TAK TAK. Reverse.
Repeat.
6x TAK
TAK dum tata TAK
For the first 3, Pelvic Toss R – L, then swing right for a double hip,
then swing left. Pull right foot in for
chest tilts pulling first the right then
the left shoulder down with arms in a sharp E7, then right hip Up Down
UpDown. Swivel by pushing with ball of
left foot to step right for a Chest Pop at a 45° angle right Arms in and open L7, immediately Body
Roll Down to accent hips back for second TAK, then Body Roll up for the rest of
the measure. Finish this bit with 2 left
shoulder lifts, a single left Hip Rotation, and a sharp left hip PopDrop.
dubadadubada
dum TAK
Turn to face audience while swinging hips left, hop onto the right foot,
and then do a left Swing Hip Point Turn CW to end standing on the left foot
facing 45° stage
left, left hand in E8, right in E7 behind you.
2x DUM
DUM tak tak tatak, DUM DUM tak tak tatak, DUM DUM tak tak tatak, dubadadubada
dum TAK
Two Right Hip Drops for the DUMs and then right Single Hip
Rotation. Chest Contraction and Pop for
the two DUMs and then Body Roll Down.
Shoulder Shimmy left back and back for the DUMs, then put your right
foot down for a Front-to-Back Horizontal Figure 8 starting right. Finish with a quick small half F-t-B Fig 8
right, shift weight left so you can step forward right, Arabesque left on
TAK. Repeat on the other side.
DUM DUM
tak tak tatak, DUM DUM tak tak tatak, DUM DUM tak tak tatak, dubadadubada dum
TAK
Right Single Hip Figure 8s Front-Back-Front and slow down,
Back-Front-Back and slow down, Front-Back-Front and slow down, right Single Hip
Rotation finishing with knees bent and pelvis tucked way under to prepare for a
Body Roll Up leaning back with right arm extended behind you, left fingers
pointing to liver.
DUM DUM
tak tak tatak, DUM DUM tak tak tatak, DUM DUM tak tak tatak, dubadadubada dum
TAK
Step onto right foot circling right hand down by thigh for 1st
DUM. On 2nd DUM, place ball
of left foot at 45° to front left while circling right arm up with a flamenco
hand curl to finish with right hand in L4, left fingers still pointing to your
liver. Leave right hand where it is and
do an exaggerated Torso Tilt to the left, extending the left arm elbow-wrist-knuckles-fingers
and then straighten up – you should be facing 45° right with the weight on the
right foot. Put right thumb over right
ear for two Pelvic Tilts back on the beat and then Body Roll Up. Swivel to face forward, tips of right fingers
touch the side of the left hip while swinging hips right for the 1st
DUM. Swing hips back to the right for
the 2nd DUM while pushing hands behind you in M7 (palms back). Do three quarters of a Front-to-back Figure 8
starting left – when hips are out to the right start the back half of a Big
Egyptian Hip Circle moving right-back-left.
For the last dum TAK, bring palms together in M8 and then push hands
above head, wrists crossed, palms together.
Piper
Reid Hunt, PhD © 2007
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