SIMPLE GROOVE

BtBtStTbTbBtStTt strokes

rlrlrlrlrlrlrlrl hands

Basic (15 strokes and one gap, making 4 4s):

go do go do Gn do go do -- do go do Gn do go do

or with some slaps for emphasis things like

Pa do Pa do Gn do go Ta -- Ta go do Gn do go do

and then various abbreviations to bring out the main shape more strongly,

so to speak:

For example (there are others)

Pa do Pa do Gn do go Ta -- Ta go do Gn -- do -- --

or

Pa do Pa do Gn do go Ta -- Ta go do Gn -- -- --

and finally:

Pa -- Pa -- Gn -- go Ta -- Ta go do Gn -- -- --

Dancers (in my limited but intense experience) really get energised when

you go back and forth between that last one, emphasizing the Slap! Slap!

Boom! at the start, and the earlier, "busier" variants. And now and then

you can just

Pa -- Pa -- Gn -- -- -- Pa -- Pa -- Gn -- -- -- for a while and then pick

up the whole

Pa -- Pa -- Gn -- go Ta -- Ta go do Gn -- -- -- again, on to

Pa -- Pa -- Gn -- go Ta -- Ta go do Gn do go do, and so on. It's best if

you have someone else playing a simple dah-dee-dah-dah dah-dee-dah-dah

rhythm in the background.