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CDs 1 - 3

A series of three 60 minute CDs of piano music each containing 16, 32 and 48 bar routines and 30 minutes of constant tempo 4/4's with tacit and stop time.

Recommended for exam,show or any general tap class (Compatible with ISTD Popular Tap Tests)

CDs 4 - 5

A really great selection of 16 and 32 bar pieces for you and your class to enjoy - played on piano, bass and drums. Also included is a selection of well known standards for more continuous class work at speeds graduated from soft shoe to time step tempo.

Recommended for exam, show or any general tap class (Compatible with the 'Dance for Fun' adult tap syllabus by Maurice Kachuk)

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Adult Tap 1
LEVEL 1

1 BEAT I can't give you anything but love 2+48 bars med
2 SHUFFLE Tea for two 2+32 bars med-s
3 Tea for two 2+32 bars med-s (quicker)
4 LINE When I take my sugar to tea 2+48 bars med
5 TIME Johnson rag 2+32 bars med
6 Johnson rag 2+32 bars med (quicker)
7 MOVE I'm gonna wash that man right out 2+48 bars med
8 DANCE One 2+16 bars med (rpt)
9 BOW One chord + 4 bars med

LEVEL 3

17 BEAT Hello Dolly 2+16 bars med
18 SHUFFLE Pretty baby 2+32 bars med-s
19 LINE New York New York 2+16 bars med
20 TIME Lambeth walk 2+32 bars med
21 Lambeth walk 2+32 bars med (quicker)
22 MOVE Can't help lovin' dat man 2+32 bars med -s
23 DANCE Swingin' shepherd blues 4+24 bars med-s
24 Swingin' shepherd blues 4+24 bars med-s (quicker)
25 BOW Swingin' shepherd blues chord + 4 bars

LEVEL 2

10 BEAT I'm gonna sit right down 2+48 bars med
11 SHUFFLE China tea 2+48 bars med
12 LINE Hot Diggity 4+64 bars quick waltz
13 TIME If the rain's got to fall 2+32 bars med
14 MOVE Sam's song 2+32 bars med
15 DANCE Razzle dazzle chord + 4+16 bars med-s
16 BOW Razzle dazzle chord + 4 bars med

ALL MEDIUM 4/4's
(including tacit and stop)

26 Thoroughly modern Millie 3:00
27 About a quarter to nine 3:00
28 Tip-toe through the tulips with me 3:00
29 And all that jazz 3:15
30 The moon is blue 3:00
31 When Mabel comes in the room 3:30
32 One 3:00
33 Red roses for a blue lady 3:00
34 Too marvellous for words 3:30
35 I'll walk alone 3:00

© Guy Dearden



Adult Tap 2
LEVEL 4

1 BEAT The sun has got his hat on 2+16 bars med
2 SHUFFLE It's a sin to tell a lie 4+32 bars med waltz
3 LINE Slow boat to China 2+16 bars inc. speed change
4 TIME There's a small hotel 2+32 bars med
5 There's a small hotel 2+32 bars med (quicker)
6 MOVE Broadway melody 4+32 bars fast
7 DANCE La Cumparsita 2+32 bars med tango - inc. tacit
8 BOW La Cumparsita chord + 4 bars med

LEVEL 6

19 BUFFALO SHUFFLE Shuffle off to Buffalo 2+16 bars med
20 Shuffle off to Buffalo 2+16 bars med (quicker)
21 TURNING ON 6 Day trip to Bangor 4+32 bars med 6/8
22 Day trip to Bangor 4+32 bars med 6/8 (quicker)
23 ONE MORE TIME I love a piano 2+32 bars med-s
24 FAST FINISH Jelly Bean Boogie 2+24 bars med inc. tacit
25 Jelly Bean Boogie 2+24 bars med-q inc. tacit
26 DANCE 1 The man I love
           2+40 bars med-s (inc. change to q-waltz)
27 BOW 1 The man I love chord + 4 bars med
28 DANCE 2 Happy feet
         2+40 bars med-q (inc. change to blues)
29 BOW 2 Happy feet chord + 4 bars med

LEVEL 5

  9 FOOTLOOSE Song and dance man 2+32 bars med-s
10 TWISTER Cruella de Ville 2+16 bars med-s
11 STEP IN TIME Your feet's too big 4+32 bars med -s
12 Your feet's too big 4+32 bars med
13 QUICK JIVE Don't sit under the apple tree 2+32 bars med-q
14 Don't sit under the apple tree
          2+32 bars med-q (quicker)
15 DANCE 1 Put on your Sunday clothes 4+36 bars med-q
16 BOW 1 Put on your Sunday clothes chord + 4 bars med
17 DANCE 2 I got rhythm 2+34 bars - inc. speed change
18 BOW 2 I got rhythm chord + 4 bars med

ALL MEDIUM-QUICK 4/4's
(including tacit and stop)

30 Cheek to cheek 4:10
31 Forty second street 3:45
32 Sisters 3:00
33 Midnight choo choo leaves for Alabam 3:17
34 Singing in the rain 3:17
35 Lullaby of Broadway 3:37
36 Zing went the strings of my heart 3:55
37 You brought a new kind of love to me 2:50
38 Stepping out with my baby 2:50

© Guy Dearden



Adult Tap 3
BRONZE

1 WARM UP Ballin' the jack 2+16 bars med
2 FWD LINK Just for you 2+32 bars med-inc. tacit (even 8's)
3 BWD LINK Give me the simple life 2+32 bars med
4 BOOGIE TIME Swingin' the blues 4+24 bars med
5 Swingin' the blues 4+24 bars med (quicker)
6 20'S SEQUENCE The boy friend 2+32 bars med charlston
7 DANCE Don't rain on my parade 4+36 bars med
8 BOW Don't rain on my parade chord + 4 bars med

GOLD

19 WARM UP Bye bye blues 4+32 bars med -q inc. tacit
20 FWD LINK By Strauss 2+32 bars med waltz
21 BWD LINK Give my regards to Broadway
          4+32 bars med -q inc. tacit
22 TACIT & STOP You were meant for me
           2+32 bars med -inc. tacit
23 SLOW SWING It had to be you
          2+32 bars med -s (last 8 barsdouble time)
24 DANCE Let's call the whole thing off     med 4/tango/waltz
25 BOW Let's call the whole thing off
           chord + 4 bars med

SILVER

  9 WARM UP Love walked in 2+16 bars med
10    Love walked in 2+16 bars med(quicker)
11 FWD LINK take a step in the right direction 2+32 bars med-s
12 BWD LINK Me and my girl 4+32 bars fast
13 RAGTIME Coronation rag 4+32 med
14   Coronation rag 4+32 med (quicker inc tacit)
15 MAMBO Trinidad 2+32 bars med mambo
16   Trinidad 2+32 bars med mambo (quicker)
17 DANCE I'm beginning to see the light 4+32 bars med-q/soft shoe
18 BOW I'm beginning to see the light chord + 4 bars med

ALL QUICK 4/4's
(including tacit and stop)
26 Good morning 2:50
27 It's never too late to fall in love 2:50
28 Dance: ten; looks: three 2:30
29 Cabaret 3:00
30 A fine romance 2:30
31 Who wants to be a millionaire? 2:50
32 I don't need anything but you 3:17
33 Dames 3:30
34 Won't you charleston? 3:09
35 Always true to you in my fashion 3:09
© Guy Dearden



Adult Tap 4
LEVEL 1

1 WARM UP    Back in the Old Routine 2+32 bars
2 RHYTHM     Dansero 2+16 bars cha cha
3 ARMS     It's a most unusual Day 2+32 bars waltz
4 COMBI 1     Hernando's Hideaway 2+16 bars tango
5 COMBI 2     No Strings 2+16 bars
6 COMBI 3    Jelly Bean Boogie 2+16

LEVEL 3

14 WARM UP     You Took Advantage of Me 2+16 bars
15 RHYTHM     Hey Look Me Over 2+16 bars 6/8
16 ARMS    The Girl Next Door 2+32 bars waltz
17 COMBI 1    Tell Me Marianne 2+16 bars tango
18 COMBI 2    You Made Me Love You 2+16 bars
19 COMBI 3      Fiddlesticks Rag 2+16 bars
20TIMESTEPS    Pepe 2+16 bars

LEVEL 2

7 WARM UP    On the Sunny Side of the Street 2+32 bars
8 RHYTHM     Kiss Me Honey Honey 2+16 bars cha cha
9 ARMS    I'll take Romance 2+32 bars waltz
10 COMBI 1    Temptation rag 2+16 bars
11 COMBI 2    You Make Me Feel So Young 2+32 bars
12 COMBI 3    Jealousy 2+16 bars tango
13 TIMESTEPS    Ivory Rag 2+16 bars

FREE WORK

21    For Me and My Girl  3:15
22    Tiddley Winkie Woo 2:00
23    Take a Step 2:55
24    Friends 2:55
25    Black and White 2:02
26    My Heart Belongs To Daddy 2:30
27    One Step 3:35
28    A Fella with an Umbrella 3:24
29    Jazz Baby 2:48
30    On Your Toes 2:49
31    Get Happy 2:05
32    Busy Line 3:06

© Guy Dearden



Adult Tap 5
LEVEL 4

Speed (bpm)
1 WARM UP Farmer and Cowman 2+16 bars 126
2 ARMS Summertime 2+16 bars blues 70
3 RHYTHM Satin Doll 2+16 bars 126
4 COMBI 1 Anchors Aweigh 2+16 bars 110
5 COMBI 2 Living Doll 2+16 bars 132
6 COMBI 3 More 2+16 bars rhumba 116
7 TIMESTEPS Almost like being in love 2+16 bars 144

LEVEL 6

Speed (bpm)
15 WARM UP Sailors hornpipe 2+16 bars 132
16 ARMS Someday my Prince 4+32 bars jazz waltz 176
17 RHYTHM Charleston 2+16 bars 165
18 COMBI 1 Take Five 2+16 bars (5/4) 140
19 COMBI 2 Paddelin' Madelin' home 2+16 bars (in 2) 140
20 COMBI 3 There goes that song again 2+16 bars 126
21 TIMESTEPS You're driving me crazy 2+32 bars 155

LEVEL 5

Speed (bpm)
8 WARM UP They can't take that away 2+16 bars 126
9 ARMS I love you 2+16 bars samba 116
10 RHYTHM Tea for two 2+16 bars 112
11 COMBI 1 Lollipops and roses 2+16 bars waltz 150
12 COMBI 2 Rock around the clock 2+24 bars rock 156
13 COMBI 3 Blacksmith Blues 2+16 bars 118
14 TIMESTEPS Jazz pizzicato 2+16 bars 144

FREE WORK

Speed (bpm) Time
22 Tea for two 105 1:57
23 While strolling in the park 105 2:30
24 That's all 105 2:33
25 Sam's song 105 2:36
26 Bell bottom blues 110 2:30
27 Tender trap 110 2:34
28 Trudie 120 1:57
29 Easter parade 120 2:50
30 Applause 125 3:18
31 Look what happened to Mabel 144 3:00
32 Charleston/Black bottom medley 190 3:00

© Guy Dearden