What’s left is to (successfully) submit a demo video of me teaching KJ. What has to come together is info on the preferred video format, a videographer who is available at the same time a suitable location is, “participants” if I need to have some in the video (rather than just teaching to the camera), and … oh, yeah, the hard part … rehearsing accurately.
You might not think rehearsing would be the hard part for me, since I love jumping anyway. The problem seems to come from the music. If I know the words, I start out cueing (calling out the moves just before the transition to each new one) but somewhere along the way I end up singing along instead. I think I will need to find music either without words (but with the right beats-per-minute (BPM) and structure) or with words I don’t know and won’t learn. My favorite KJ songs are all about 130 BPM, so if you happen to know any songs in that range in Japanese, Korean, or anything else I can’t sing along to, let me know.
The structure I need in the song is very consistent
8-counts, which is the building block of a choreography routine (like a musical
Lego block). What works best for me is when each musical “phrase” lasts four measures
(16 counts, or two 8-counts). An 8-count transition can work in the song, but a
4-count is too short to cue easily and a 12-count is harder for me to remember
when to transition. (Remember, I am a beginning instructor, not an experienced
pro.) Songs that work well for me jumping at home (non-commercially) include I’m Glad You Came and Let’s Go. Do you need all that detail,
gentle reader? Probably not, but it helps me to clarify my search, so thanks
for letting me share.
As soon as I hear what video format and length will be
acceptable to submit, I will get to work planning my video project. Until then,
I will “research” songs that might work for the demo video. And as always, I
will keep jumping!
