What's a wobble?
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What's a wobble?
I've got plenty of stomps, shuffles, and rags, but I also have a couple of wobbles, and I'm not sure what they are. One, "The Wolf Wobble," is by Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang. The other, "Mississippi Wobble," is by Jimmy Wade & His Dixielanders. Both are '20s-era pieces. Originally, I only had the first one, and I thought it was just a strange title, but I bought the second one last night, and it made me wonder. Anybody know what a wobble is?
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Ha. We used to get weebles for selling magazines back in middle school. If you had an intermediate-level weeble, you could go to an ice cream party.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. This site has lyrics from "Black Bottom" with what are presumably synonymous terms (for the benifit of tap dancers) in parentheses:
"Hop Down front and then you doodle (Slide) back,
Mooch to your left and then you mooch to your right,
Hands on your hips and do the mess around,
Break a Leg (Wobble) until you're near the ground"
So maybe a wobble is music that you can do a break a leg to.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. This site has lyrics from "Black Bottom" with what are presumably synonymous terms (for the benifit of tap dancers) in parentheses:
"Hop Down front and then you doodle (Slide) back,
Mooch to your left and then you mooch to your right,
Hands on your hips and do the mess around,
Break a Leg (Wobble) until you're near the ground"
So maybe a wobble is music that you can do a break a leg to.
"In my opinion, out of the ten great guitarists in the world, Django is five of them!" - Rex Stewart
digging through the archive...
the break-a-leg in the black bottom is a step with six accents in an 8-count, on 2, 4, 5, 5&, 6&, 7. mark knowles' in "the tap dance dictionary" gives them as heel drops.
is that a rhythm that fits your two wobbles, matthew?
incidentally, i've never heard this step referred to as a wobble before. cute.
the break-a-leg in the black bottom is a step with six accents in an 8-count, on 2, 4, 5, 5&, 6&, 7. mark knowles' in "the tap dance dictionary" gives them as heel drops.
is that a rhythm that fits your two wobbles, matthew?
incidentally, i've never heard this step referred to as a wobble before. cute.