Soft-shoe Shuffle
Sheet Music

Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 1

SKU: BT.AMP-161-140

Composed by Philip Sparke. Debut Series. Original Light Music. Score Only. Composed 2006. Anglo Music Press #AMP 161-140. Published by Anglo Music Press (BT.AMP-161-140).

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Dating from the first decades of the 20th century and originating in vaudeville and the music hall, the soft-shoe shuffle was danced by tap dancers, wearing soft-shoes instead of their normal tap shoes. In this usually comic dance, the shoes were rubbed on the surface of the stage producing a characteristic 'swish'. Soft-shoe Shuffle can be made into a percussion feature by bringing the sandpaper blocks to the front of the stage - with added choreography, if required! A wonderful piece of musical humour for your concerts.

De 'soft-shoe shuffle', daterend uit de eerste decennia van de twintigste eeuw en afkomstig uit de variete en vaudeville, werd gedanst door tapdansers met soft-shoes (zachte schoenen) aan de voeten in plaats van hun gebruikelijketapschoenen. In deze meestal komische dans werden de schoenen over de vloer van het podium gewreven, waarbij een karakteristieke 'zoevende' klank ontstond. Aangezien het effect veel bescheidener was dan dat van tapdansen, was de begeleidendemuziek vaak zacht, met veel rustige momenten. Deze shuffle van Philip Sparke geeft de sfeer van de dans prima weer.

Der Soft-shoe Shuffle stammt aus den Varietees und Konzertsalen der ersten Jahrzehnte des 20. Jahrhunderts und wurde von Stepptanzern mit weichen Schuhen anstelle der lauten Steppschuhe getanzt. In diesem meist komischen Tanz rieb man mit den Schuhen uber den Buhnenboden und produzierte so das typische ‚Swisch'. In Philip Sparkes Soft-shoe Shuffle haben die Percussionisten einen grossen Auftritt, wenn man die Sandblocke nach ganz vorne holt. Eine wunderbare Prise musikalischen Humors fur Ihr Konzert!

Apparso nei primi decenni del XXdeg secolo, il soft-shoe shuffle era ballato dai ballerini di tip tap che, invece di indossare le apposite scarpe, portavano scarpe morbide (per l'appunto soft-shoe). In questa danza, generalmente comica, le scarpe venivano sfregate sul palco (spesso ricoperto di uno strato di sabbia per ampliare il suono). Uno dei piu grandi esempi di questa danza nel cinema, e quello nel film Laurel e Hardy nel Far West.Un tocco di creativita, alcuni fogli di carta vetrata, e Soft-Shoe Shuffle trasformera i vostri percussionisti in ballerini!