Podorythmie

I found a bunch of videos of people teaching or just doing french canadian foot percussion

• short lesson in french, with really clear footage of how to do the basic step
• some examples in french
• very basic reel step
• slightly more interesting reel step
• and another
• a bit about the history too
  • what shoes you choose can influence the texture of the sound - smoother, more bass etc
  • there’s not really one way to do things, rather a lot of creativity.
• including a bit about how to make it not hurt
  • don’t force your legs, things are light and bouncy
• in french
  • main beat goes with your foot forward, other goes with the foot back towards the edge of your board
• a workshop
• another workshop in french
• a waltz and a jig and a reel demonstration
• this guy has MIDI in a foot board
• amazing example from la bottine souriante
• someone doing it to accompany singing
• Accadian chair dance steps
• in a jig rhythm
• with some nice cross-rhythms later
• another example
• bits of someone doing it while playing some cool tunes
• a blog post from someone else discovering
• three part series by Pascal Gemme - the 3rd is particularly interesting about variations. French speaking with english subtitles

No idea how to notate this, so I’m gonna define my own conventions to make it easy for me to write. I need to be able to denote heel, toe, both of dominant and non-dominant foot, possibly all at the same time. So, pick the space notes on the stave.

F for dominant heel, C for dominant toe, A for non-dominant heel, E for non-dominant toe. For most people, they do the on-beats with the right leg and the off-beats with the left.

X: 1
T:  Podorythmie - Vivez la chaleur du patrimoine vivant
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7QKRG2e6YM
T: basic rhythm - pas de base, "petit galop"
L[Fc]2 c[Ae] L[Fc]2 c[Ae] |

X: 2
T: Techniques de podorythmie par Franky
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjlJNumhpms
T: second variation, with cross-rhythms
[Fc]2 c[Ae] [Fc]2 c[Ae] | [Fc]2 c[Ae] [Fc]2 c[Ae] |  [Fc]2 c[Ae] [Fc]2 [Fc]2 | c[Ae] [Fc]2 [Fc]2 c[Ae] |
[Fc]2 c[Ae] [Fc]2 c[Ae] | [Fc]2 c[Ae] [Fc]2 c[Ae] | [Fc]2 [Fc]2 c[Ae] [Fc]2 | [Fc]2 c[Ae] [Fc]4||
T: 3rd variation, put all the quavers in
[Fc][Ae] c[Ae] [Fc][Ae] c[Ae] |[Fc][Ae] c[Ae] [Fc][Ae] c[Ae] |
T:things in triplet time
M:6/8
[Fc]ce [Fc]ce | [Fc]ce [Fc]ce|

X: 3
T:  Podorythmie 101 Basic Step
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
T: Pas de Base #1
S: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDJeIXKUqZI
S: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhyCeeUksJA
S: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo97CNDI6ro
[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce | [Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |
T: Pas de Base #2
[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce | FA ce [Fc]2 ce |
T: Pas de Base #3 (unsure where barlines go!)
ce | FA ce [Fc]2 ce |FA ce [Fc]2 ce |

X: 4
T:  Foot tapping in Quebec (1) - Lamontagne and Bordeleau
L: 1/8
N: the word came from this guy
N: you can also drag the foot for a brush sound, esp in jigs
T: Double
FAFA FAFA |

X: 5
T:  Québécois Foot Percussion, by Le Vent du Nord
L: 1/8
S: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRKUgY4H9o8
F2 ce F2 ce | [Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |
T: double, play with which bits of foot does the offbeat
[Fc]ece [Fc]ece | [Fc]Ace [Fc]ecA |
X: 6
T:  Québécois Footwork - FREE Master Class by André Brunet
L: 1/8
N: syncopate to tell people you're changing part or tune
N: keep your feet close to the floor
S: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ijnnjOlO0
[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |
T: double
[Fc]2 ce FA ce |  FA ce  FA ce |
N: Mix single, double and gap to match the rhythm of the tune
T: syncopation
[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |
[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |[Fc]2 ce FA ce |[Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce |[Fc]2 [Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ||
 [Fc]2 ce [Fc]2 ce | FA ce  [Fc]2 ce |
T: Jig (brush on dominant toe back)
M:6/8
[Fc]ce [Fc]ce |[Fc]/2A/ce [Fc]ce |