Standardized Abbreviations for Folk Folk Dance Descriptions

Standardized Abbreviations
for Folk Folk Dance Descriptions

By Dick Oakes

These are the abbreviations that I use in my dance notes.

&	a secondary ct between two major cts, as in "1-&-2"
beg	beginning
bt, bts	beat, beats
bwd	backward
CCW	counter-clockwise, often meaning turning that direction in place (see LOD)
cir	circle, circles
COH	center of hall
cpl, cpls	couple, couples
ct, cts	count, counts
ctr	center
CW	clockwise, often meaning turning that direction in place (see RLOD)
diag	diagonal, diagonally
dir	direction
dn	down
fig, Fig	figure, Figure
ft	foot, feet
ftwk	footwork
fwd	forward
L	left (side, dir, ft, arm, hand, etc.)
LOD	line of direction around the floor, counter-clockwise
M	man, man's, men, men's
meas	measure, measures
opp	opposite
orig	original
pos	position
prev	previous
ptr, ptrs	partner, partners
R	right (side, dir, ft, arm, hand, etc.)
RLOD	reverse line of direction around the floor, clockwise
shldr, shldrs	shoulder, shoulders
swd	sideward
twd	toward
uh	bt between a major ct and a secondary ct, as in Lawrence Welk's "uh-1-&-uh-2"
var	variation, variations
W	woman, woman's, women, women's
wt	weight