Spank (Brush Back, Draw, Pull) - 1 - swing the foot back (coming from the front or diagonally side) hitting only the ball tap
Spank Step (Back Flap) - &1 or a1 - swing the foot back (coming from the front or diagonally side) hitting only the ball tap, step
Spank Step Heel - a1 2 or &a1 - spank step heel
Spank Step Ball Change - &1&2 or a1 a2 - spank step STEP step
Shuffle - &1 or a1 - brush spank
Shuffle Step (Running Shuffle, Leap Shuffles, Jogging Shuffles) - &a1 - brush spank step
Shuffle Ball Change - &1&2 or a1 a2 - brush spank step STEP
Buffalo - 1&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE STEP
Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - step STEP heel HEEL
Irish - a1 a2 or e&a1 - shuffle HOP step
Maxie Ford - 1&2&3 or 1e&a2 or 1 a2 a3 - step SHUFFLE STEP toe (toe crosses in back)
Waltz Clog - 1&2&3 or 1e&a2 or 1 a2 a3 - step SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE
Heel Stand - 1 - jump onto the back edges of your heels and balance
Step Heel Turn - 1&2& - step heel STEP HEEL(turning - 2 step heels per rotation)
Flap Heel Turn - &1 2 or &a1 - brush step heel BRUSH STEP HEEL (turning)
Slide - 1 - run or push off of one leg and allow your feet to glide along the floor without leaving the floor
OPTIONAL STEPS
Clunk - 1 - hit the inside of the toe and heel tap against the floor at the same time
Leap - 1 - push off of one foot and into the air and land on the ball of the other foot
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LEVEL 2 (essential steps in teaching order, optional in alphabetical)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Hop Shuffle - 1&a - hop BRUSH SPANK
Shuffle Heel - &a1 - brush spank HEEL
Scuff - 1 - swing your foot forward and hit the back edge of the heel tap as the foot swings
Double Buffalo - a1&a2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE STEP
Double Cramp Roll (Flap Cramp Roll) - a1&a2 - flap STEP heel HEEL
Double Irish (version 1) - &1&2&3&4 or a1 a2 a3 a4 - shuffle ball change, shuffle HOP step
Irish Flap - a1&a2 - shuffle HOP flap
Double Maxie Ford - &1&2&3 or a1e&a2 - flap SHUFFLE STEP toe
Double Waltz Clog - &1&2&3 or a1e&a2 - flap SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE
Alexander (Broadway, Shirley Temple) - &1&2&3&4 or a1 a2 a3 a4 - flap HEEL heel SPANK heel TOE heel
Back Essence - &1&2 or a1 a2 - spank step (cross behind) STEP (out) step
Flap Heel Heel - &1&2 or a1 a2 - brush step HEEL heel
Bombershay Modern (Bombershe, Toe Clip)- 1&a - step SPANK DIG
Drawback - &a1 - spank HEEL step
Pullback (Pull, Grab Off, Pick-Up) - a1 - jump backwards and as your feet leave the floor they both do a “spank” (brush back) at the same time then both feet land on the balls of the feet at the same time
Scuffle (Dig brush, Dig Spank, Paddle) - &1 or a1 - dig spank
Scuffle Step (Paddles, Dig brush Step) - 1&a - dig spank step
Scuffle Step Heel (Dig Brush Toe Heel, Paddle and Roll, Paradiddle - 1&2& or 1e&a - dig spank step heel
Scuffle Ball Change - &1&2 or 1e&a - dig spank step STEP
Buck Single Time Step - 8 1 2&3&4 5 6&7& or 8 1 2 a3 a4 5 6a7 a - stomp (some people add a spank after the stomp) HOP step FLAP step
Traditional Single Time Step - 8&1 2&3&4&5 6&7& or 8 a1 2 a3 a4 a5 6a7 a - shuffle HOP step FLAP step
Buffalo Turn - 1&a2 - (cross foot in front) step SHUFFLE STEP (turning)
Step Irish Turn - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE hop STEP (turning)
Step Toe Hop Turn - 1&a2&a - step TOE hop STEP toeHOP (turning)
In and Out Pullback (Jumping Jack Pullback) - a1 a2 - start feet apart, pull both feet into the air and land feet together, pull into the air and land feet apart
Toe Stand - 1 - "jump" up to the tip of your toes and balance on them
Slap - a1 - brush touch
OPTIONAL STEPS
Bombershay Broadway (Bombershe) - a1 2 - spank stamp, STEP/twist and lift right toe
Clicks (Toe & Heel) - 1 - click either the toe taps or heel taps together
Crossing Pullback - a1 - pull both feet into the air and land so that one foot is crossed in front of the other
Heel Stand Turn - 1 - jump onto the back edges of your heels while turning
Jump Click - 1 - propel yourself into the air and click either the toe taps, heel taps, or both toe and heel taps together
Leap Heel - 1 2 or 1& - push off of one foot and into the air and land on the ball of the other foot, heel
Smack - 1 - step on the ball of the foot with a straight leg (can also be done without weight
Slam - 1 - jump-out with straight legs and barely go into the air (it's more like a scoot back on your toes)
Travel Step - 1&a - step out to the side, SPANK, STEP IN
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LEVEL 3 (essential steps in teaching order, optional in alphabetical)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Shuffle Step Heel - &1&2 or e&a1 - brush spank step heel
Double Shuffle - 1&a2 - brush spank brush spank
Double Irish (version 2) - &a1&a2 - shuffle (front) HOP shuffle step
Alternating Cramp Roll (Around the World Cramp Roll, Trading Cramp Roll) - 1&a2 - step STEP HEEL heel
Pendulum Shuffle - a1 a2 - brush to the front then spank in front of the standing foot, then brush back out to the front and then spank diagonally back to the side
Double Scuffle - 1&a2 - dig spank dig spank
Double Scuffle Step Heel - 1e&a2e or 1&a2&a - dig spank dig spank step heel
Double Back Essence - a1&a2 - spank step (cross behind) FLAP step
Traditional Double Time Step - 8&1&2&3&4&5&6&7& or 8 a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a - shuffle HOP flap FLAP step
Traditional Triple Time Step - 8&1&a2&3&4&5&a6&7& or 8 a1&a2 a3 a4 a5&a6 a7 a- shuffle HOP shuffle step FLAP step
Buck Double Time Step - 8 1&2&3&4 5&6&7& or 8 1 a2 a3 a4 5 a6 a7 a- stomp (some people add a spank after the stomp) HOP flap FLAP step
Buck Triple Time Step - 8 1&a2&3&4 5&a6&7& or 8 1&a2 a3 a4 5&a6 a7 a - stomp (some people add a spank after the stomp) HOP shuffle step FLAP step
Cincinnati - &1&2&3 0r &a1&a2 - spank HEEL shuffle HEEL step
Single Pullback (One-Foot Pullback) - a1 - start on one foot, push off the floor into the air and as your foot leaves the floor do a spank then land on the ball of the foot
Trenches (Hoofer & Broadway Style) - 1 - step on one foot while the other slides backwards coming off the floor at the end of the slide
Riff - a1 - (this is taught many different ways) touch dig or touch scuff or brush scuff
3-Beat Riff Walk (Slam, Flam, Slurp, Third) - &a1 - touch dig toe or brush dig toe
4-Beat Riff Walk - a1 a2 - touch scuff dig toe or brush scuff dig toe
5-Beat Riff Walk - a1&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe or brush scuff HEEL dig toe
Maxie Ford Turn - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE STEP toe (turning)
Stamp Cramp Roll Turn - 1 2&a3 - stamp STEP step heel HEEL (turning)
Double Pullback - 1&a2 or &a*1 - pull PULL step STEP
Wing - &a1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both feet outwards and into the air, then spank both feet inwards at the same time and land on the balls of the feet with your feet together
OPTIONAL STEPS
Boomerang - 1&2& or 1e&a - stamp STEP spank step
Double Flap - 1&a2 or &a*1 - brush step BRUSH STEP (done in rapid succession)
Scuff Dig Ball Change - &1&2 - scuff dig STEP step
Single Heel Stand - 1 - jump up onto the back edge of one heel tap
Skipping Pullback - &a1 - single pullback STEP
Step Heel Heel - 1&a - step HEEL heel
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LEVEL 4 (essential steps in teaching order, optional in alphabetical)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Triple Cramp Roll (Shuffle cramp Roll) - &a1&a2 or a1e&a2 - shuffle step STEP heel HEEL
Irish Pullback - a1&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK step
Double Toe Stand - 1&a2 or &a*1 - toe TOE step STEP
Toe Stand Turn - 1 - "jump" up to the tip of your toes and balance on them (turning)
Nerve Taps - 1 - vibrate either your toe or heel tap against the floor rapidly
Switching Pullback (Swapping, Alternating Pullback) - a1 - start on one foot, push off the floor into the air and as your foot leaves the floor do a spank then land on the ball of the other foot
Maxie Ford Pullback - 1e&a*2 - step SHUFFLE switching-pullback toe
Double Maxie Ford Pullback - a1e&a*2 - flap SHUFFLE switching-pullback toe
Shuffle Pullback Ball Change - a1&a2 or e&a*1 - brush spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK STEP
Waltz Clog Pullback - 1e&a*2 - step SHUFFLE switching-pullback step
Double Waltz Clog Pullback - a1e&a*2 - flap SHUFFLE switching-pullback step
Shuffle Pullback - e&a1 - brush spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK
Over The Top - 1 2 - step KICK LEG INTO THE AIR, jump over the airborne leg and land on the original stepping foot
Shim Sham - [8 a1 2 a3 4 a5 a6 a7]3 times, 8 1 2 3& &5 6 7 - [stomp spank step. STOMP SPANKS STEP, stomp spank step STEP, stomp spank step]3 times, stamp TOE STEP HOP step hop STEP jump-out jump-in
Step Riff Heel (Hop Riff Heel, Leap Riff Heel) - 1&a2 or &a*1 - step TOUCH DIG heel or step BRUSH SCUFF heel
Heel
6-Beat Riff Walk - &a1&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe heel or brush scuff HEEL dig toe
7-Beat Riff Walk - &a1e&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe HEEL heel or brush scuff HEEL dig toe HEEL heel
8-100 Beat Riff Walk - e&a1e&a2 - touch scuff HEEL dig toe heel HEEL heel or brush scuff HEEL dig toe heel HEEL heel, for riff walks higher than 8 - start with a riff and then add X number of sounds to get a X-beat riff walk
Riffle - &a1 - touch dig spank or brush dig spank
Riffle Step - e&a1 - touch dig spank step or brush dig spank step
Hines Riff (Split Riff) - &a**1 - touch scuff PULL dig STEP or brush scuff PULL dig STEP
Stamp Step Riff Heel Turn - 1 2&a3 or 1 &a*2 - stamp STEP touch scuff HEEL or stamp STEP brush scuff HEEL
Stamp Step Toe Heel Turn - 1 2&3 - stamp STEP toe HEEL (turning)
Paddle Turn - 1&a - spank step STEP (turning)
Traditional Quadruple Time Step - 8&1e&a2&3&4&5e&a6&7& or 8 a1e&a2 a3 a4 a5e&a6 a7 a - shuffle HOP shuffle step heel FLAP step
Buck Quadruple Time Step - 8 1e&a2&3&4 5e&a6&7 or 8 1&ea2 a3 a4 5e&a6 a7 a& - stomp (some people add a spank after the stomp) HOP shuffle step heel FLAP step
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)
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)
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)
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)
Crossing Wing - &a1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both feet outwards and into the air, then spank both feet inwards at the same time and land on the balls of the feet with your feet crossed
Single Wing (One Foot Wing) - &a1 - 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
OPTIONAL STEPS
Backwards Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - dig DIG toe TOE
Cramprolet - 1&a - jump heel HEEL
Cramp Roll Time Step - 8 1 2&a3 a - stomp HOP cramp roll step
Criss Cross Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - step DIG heel TOE
Dig Slide - 1 - run or push off of one leg and allow your feet to glide along the floor without leaving the floor and the front foot should have the back edge of the heel touching the floor during the glide
Flap Step Ball Change - &a1 & 2 - brush step STEP step STEP
Heel Grind Time Step - 8&a1&2&3 4&a5&6&7, 8&a1&2&3&4&5&6&7 - 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
Hop Scuffle - 1&a - hop DIG SPANK
Maxie Ford Clunk - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE STEP clunk (clunk crosses in back)
Penguin - &a1 - brush spank dig (put your weight on the dig)
Scap - &1 or a1 - scuff step
Scuff Dig Toe - &a1 - scuff dig toe
Scuffle Dig Toe - e&a1 - dig spank dig toe
Scuffle Step Turn - 1&a2&a - dig spank step DIG SPANK STEP (turning)
Single Heel Stand Turn - 1 - jump up onto the back edge of one heel tap (turning)
Single Toe Stand (One Foot Toe Stand) - 1 - "jump" up to the tip toe of one foot and balance on it
Single Toe Stand Turn - 1 - "jump" up to the tip toe of one foot and balance on it (turning)
Spank Toe Step - &a1 - spank toe step
Spots - &1&2 - spank HOP toe step
Stamp Roll - 1&a2 - stamp STEP heel HEEL
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LEVEL 5 (essential steps in teaching order, optional in alphabetical)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Shuffle Dig Toe - e&a1 or a1 a2 - brush spank dig toe
Shuffle Toe Step - &1&2 or e&a1 - brush spank toe step
Riffle Step Heel - a1&a2 or e&a*1 - touch dig spank step heel or brush dig spank step heel
Double Buffalo Toe - a1e&a2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE TOE STEP
Double Flap Cramp Roll - a1e&a2 - flap FLAP heel HEEL
Triple Double Cramp Roll - &a1e&a2 - shuffle step FLAP heel HEEL
Irish Pullback Flap - a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK flap
Irish Pullback Flap Heel - &a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK flap heel
Maxie Ford Toe - 1e&a*2 - step SHUFFLE TOE STEP toe (last toe crosses in back)
Double Maxie Ford Toe - a1e&a*2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE STEP toe
Buffalo Pullback - 1e&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE switching pullback
Double Heel Stand - 1&a2 or &a*1 - dig DIG step STEP (group sounds tightly together)
Shiggy Bop (Shovel, Heel Slide) - &a1 - with your weight on one foot scuff that foot forward, dig, STEP
Crossing Drawback - &a1 - spank HEEL step (cross over the left foot)
Double Drawback - &1&2 or a1 a2 - spank HEEL flap
Triple Drawback - a1&a2 - spank HEEL shuffle step
Scuff Heel Step - &a1 - scuff HEEL step
Switching Pullback Toe - &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
Treadmill - &a1 - brush SWITCHING-PULLBACK
Pullback Toe - &a1 - pull both feet into the air, hit both toes at the same time, land on both feet at the same time
Dwing - 1e& - dig/WING
Swing - 1e& - step/WING
Twing - 1e& - step/WING
Single Wing Toe - e&a1 - 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, TOE
Double Wing (Separated, Staggered, Alternating) - &a***1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both feet outwards and 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
Switching Wing - &a1 - 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 other foot
Traveling Pendulum Shuffle - &a1&a2 - brush spank TOE brush spank HEEL
Shuffle Flap - &1&2 or e&a1 - brush spank brush step
Shuffle Toe Toe Step - a1&a2 - brush spank toe TOE step
OPTIONAL STEPS
Alexander Clunk - &1&2&3&4 or a1 a2 a3 a4 - flap HEEL heel SPANK heel CLUNK heel
Backwards Wing - &a1 - start on the balls of the feet 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
Click Buffalo - 1e&a2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE click-left-toe-tap-to-right-heel-tap STEP
Double Cincinnati - &1&2&a3 or &a1e&a2 - spank HEEL shuffle HEEL flap
Drawback Heel - &1&2 - spank HEEL step heel
Dub Dub Dig Toe - 1&2& - dig TOE dig toe
Heelo - 1&a - heel HEEL toe/STEP (traveling right, toe and STEP are at the same time)
Jordan Pullback - 1e&a2 - pull PULL step heel STEP
Jumper - 1 2&3 - jump-out hop heel STEP (cross behind) (travel to the right)
Lopsided Cramp Roll - 1&a2 - step STEP heel heel
Maddie Mill - 1&a - clunk SWITCHING-PULLBACK
Radiohead - &a1 - scuff SINGLE-TOE-STAND step
Rod Roll - 1&a2 - step STEP HEEL step or step STEP HEEL stamp
Scuffaloeo - 1&a2&a - dig spank step DIG TOE step
Scuffle Toe Slap Heel - &a1&a2 - dig spank TOE brush touch HEEL
Shayberbom - 1&a - step SCUFF SMACK (STEP)
Shuffle Ball Change Heel - a1&a2 - brush spank step STEP HEEL
Spat - &a*1 - spank single-toe-stand FLAP
Spear - &a1 - toe HOP HEEL
Spiel - 1&a - dig SPANK toe
Toe Stand Shuffle Step - &a1 - brush spank toe (stand)
Tori - 1&a - jump-together HEEL touch-out-to the-side
Twister - 1&a2 - HOP shuffle step/DIG (do the step and DIG at the same time)
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LEVEL 6 (essential steps in teaching order, optional in alphabetical)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Shuffle Dig Step Shuffle Toe Step - &1&2&3&4 - brush spank toe STEP brush spank dig STEP
Shuffle Toe Pullback Ball Change - a1e&a2 - brush spank toe SWITCHING-PULLBACK STEP
Double Toe Buffalo - a1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE TOE toe STEP
Double Buffalo Toe Pullback - a1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front ) flap SHUFFLE TOE
Riffle Cramp Roll - &a1e&a2 - riffle step STEP heel HEEL
Irish Shiggy Bop (Irish Shovel) - a1&a2 - shuffle SCUFF DIG step
Irish Wing - a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-WING step
Double Maxie Ford Toe Pullback - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE switching-pullback toe
Double Toe Maxie Ford - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE toe STEP toe
Double Waltz Clog Toe Pullback - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE TOE switching-pullback step
Hop Riffle - 1e&a - hop RIFF SPANK
Pendulum Riffle - &a1&a2 - touch (or brush) dig spank (cross other foot), touch (or brush) dig spank (uncross)
Riffle Dig Toe - a1&a2 or e&a*1 - touch dig spank dig toe or brush dig spank dig toe
Bombershay Toe - 1e&a - step SPANK DIG TOE
Shuffle Pullback Heel - e&a*1 - brush spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK heel
Flam - *1 - do a step followed by a heel with hardly any space between them
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
Shuffle Heel Step - e&a1 - brush spank HEEL step
Double Pullback Toe - 1e&a*2 or &a***1 - pull PULL toe TOE step STEP
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
Single Wing Heel Toe - 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
Switching Wing Toe - &a*1 - 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 other foot, toe
Wing Toe - &a*1 - start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both feet outwards and into the air, then spank both feet inwards at the same time, hit the toes of both feet and land on the balls of the feet with your feet together
Same Side 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
OPTIONAL STEPS
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
Bam Bam - &a1 - stamp SCUFF jump-out
Blur - 1&a2&a3 - step SHUFFLE STEP scuff dig toe
Clapull - &a1 - pull both feet into the air, clap, land both feet on the floor at the same time
Clunker - 1&a2&a - clunk HEEL TOE smack (step) HEEL heel
Ditto - 1&2&3& - dig TOE spank TOE dig toe
Dodo - 1 2 - HOP/toe (both at the same time), HEEL/toe (both at the same time)
Drawbershay - 1e&a - step SPANK heel DIG
Farmer - 1 a2 - heel stand, spank STAMP
Flabbergast - a1&a2 - brush step DIG heel STEP
Hit - 1 - HEEL/step (at the same time)
Jackhammer - &1&2 - spank stamp SPANK DIG
Jimmy - &a1 & 2 - scuff dig CHUG/drag-right-dig-out-to-side step STEP
Jinnyshay - a1e&a2e - spank step SPANK DIG stamp SPANK DIG
Megamines Cramp Roll - &a1e&a2 - riff HEEL dig DIG toe TOE
Nicaela Quick - a1e&a2 - spank TOE touch dig toe STAMP
Rise - 1e&a*2 - pull toe step FLAP stamp
Scopper - 1e&a2 - dig spank DIG step STEP
Scout - 1&a2 - scuffle scuff jump-out
Scuffit - 1e&a - dig spank scuff step
Scuffout - 1&a2&a3 - dig spank HEEL scuff HEEL TOE smack (step)
Shay Roll - a1&a2 - spank dig HEEL toe TOE
Shuffle Heel Step Heel - a1&a2 - brush spank HEEL step heel
Shunk - &a1 - brush spank clunk/STEP (do the clunk and step at the same time)
Skunk - &a*1 - scuff, hit the inside of the toe tap, hit the inside of the heel tap, HEEL
Spackle - 1e&a2 - spank toe DIG TOE smack (step)
Squiggly Wiggly - 1e&a*2 - dig spank toe DIG step STEP
Steel - 1e&a2 - dig spank scuff dig toe
Stephunky - 1&a2 & - step SPANK heel TOE toe
Sugar Bop - a1&a2 - spank dig (turn foot inward) TOE toe (turn outward) STEP
Swiffle (Tessa Backdraw) - 1&2&3& - spank HEEL toe HEEL step heel
Toto - 1&a2&a3 - toe SINGLE-PULLBACK toe HOP HEEL smack (step)
Tucker - 1e&a2 - step SHUFFLE pull jump
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LEVEL 7 (essential steps in teaching order, optional in alphabetical)
ESSENTIAL STEPS
Hop Shuffle Hop Scuffle Hop Riffle Hop Stomp Spank - 1&a2&a3e&a4&a - hop RIFF SPANK hop DIG SPANK hop BRUSH SPANK hop STOMP SPANK
Step Riff Brush Heel - 1e&a2 - step TOUCH DIG BRUSH heel or step BRUSH DIG BRUSH heel
Toe Dig Bombershay - 1&a2&a - toe SPANK DIG dig SPANK DIG
Drawback Flam - &a*1 - spank HEEL flam
Switching Pullback Flap Heel Toe - &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
Treadmill Heel - e&a1 - brush SWITCHING-PULLBACK heel
Buffalo Wing - 1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE switching wing
Maxie Ford Wing - 1e&a**2 - step SHUFFLE switching-wing STEP toe (toe crosses in back)
Double Waltz Clog Wing - a1e&a**2 - flap SHUFFLE switching-wing step
Frap - &a1 - touch (brush if traveling) dig (scuff if traveling) step
Frap Cramp Roll (NOT flap) - a&1&a2 - frap (riff step) STEP heel HEEL
Scuffle Pullback - e&a1 - dig spank SWITCHING-PULLBACK
Buffalo Scuffle - 1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) step (leap) SHUFFLE scuffle STEP
switching pullback
Irish Pullback Heel Flap Heel - &a1e&a*2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK HEEL flap heel
Single Pullback Toe - &a1 - pull toe step
Irish Pullback Toe Flap - &a1e&a2 - shuffle SINGLE-PULLBACK-TOE flap
Hot Toe - 1e&a***2 - step SHUFFLE TOE scuffle STEP toe (last toe crosses in back)
Waltz Clog Scuffle - 1e&a**2 - step SHUFFLE scuffle STEP step
Scuff Front - a1 - scuff both feet at the same time then land on the balls of both feet at the same time
Double Scuff Front - 1e&a or &a*1 - scuff SCUFF step STEP
Frapback - &1&a2 - spank HEEL frap
Cincinnati Flam - &1&2&3 or &a1&a2 - spank HEEL shuffle HEEL flam
Joe Toe Pull - 1e&a*2 - pull PULL toe step heel STEP
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
3 Sound Pullback - &a1 - pull both feet into the air, tap your toe taps on the floor while in the air, land on the balls of the feet
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
Single Pullback Opposite Toe - &a1 - pull TOE step
Switching Toe Pullback - &a1 - start on one foot, push off the floor into the air and as your foot leaves the floor do a spank, toe, then STEP on the other foot
Pendulum Wing - &a1 - BRUSH single-wing, SPANK single-wing
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
Five Count Wing - 1e&a2 - start on the balls of the feet, scrape your feet outwards and 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
Five Count Single Wing - BONUS STEP - 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
Heel Flam - 1 - drop one heel just slightly before the other
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
OPTIONAL STEPS
Baloney - 1e&a2 - pull PULL step heel TOE
Brittanyshay - 1e&a2 - step SPANK TOE step DIG
Broken Riff - 1e&a**2 - riffle HEEL hit-outside-of-toe-tap hit-outside-of-heel-tap HEEL
Clickety Clank - 1&a2&a3 - step SHUFFLE click STEP HEEL clunk
Click Pullback- BONUS STEP - - &a1 - pull both feet into the air, click the inside of each foot together, land both feet on the floor at the same time
Click Wing - &a*1 - start on the balls of the feet 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
Drawman - &a1 - spank HEEL step/TOE (at the same time)
Faluffalo - BONUS STEP - a1e&a**2 - (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE single-pullback-end-with-a-flap FLAP
Maddalo - BONUS STEP - 1e&a*2 - (cross foot in front) step SHUFFLE pullback-to-toe STEP
Riff Raff - 1e&*2&a*3 - HEEL riffle HEEL riff TOE step
Rooster - &a**1&2 - hoofer’s shuffle HOP HEEL step heel
Rorymeister - 1&a2&a - stamp TOE TOE toe step STEP
Ruffle - 1e&a**2 - touch dig spank toe STEP HEEL smack (step) or brush dig spank toe STEP HEEL smack (step)
Sh-sh-sh-shuffle - BONUS STEP - 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
Sloppy Joe - 1&a2&a3 - dig DIG spank TOE dig toe STAMP
Teeler - BONUS STEP - 1e&a***2 - pull PULL toe TOE dig DIG step STEP
Toe Stand Wing - &a1 - start on your toes with feet together, scrape both toes outwards and into the air, then spank both toes inwards at the same time, then land on your toes with your feet together
Toro - 1&2 - stomp scuff smack (step)
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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.
