What aspects of the music are you conscious of?

[Loki]

Beat / timing first. Musicality/interpretation second.

 

[cornutt]

Yeah, most danceable music can be broken down into phrases of two measures. I used to have an instructor who would always get on to me if I started "on the back half".

 

[opendoor]

What aspects of the music are you conscious of?

I listen to the melody, crescendo, instrumentation and expression. I totally forget about beat and rhythm. Of course a non-conscious part of my brain keeps synced to the beat, but what I actually hear is music as a whole. When I dance on2 to some kind of salsa music I do actively listen to the beat to keep synced, because intuitively I do prefer violins over calves and congas.

 

[Loki]

There's a lot of potential there, but I'll resist.

 

[ChaCha1]

As a follow, I don't listen to the beat, timing is not my job. But I do listen to the "feel" of the music, for the sell.

 

[leee]

There's a lot of potential there, but I'll resist.

Please proceed.