Has anybody wondered why in the Samba in the technique books some steps are down as 3/4 1/4 1. and some Q Q S.
Botafogas is 3/4 1/4 1. The Samba Locks are Q Q S. There is a reason, and if you unable to answer this and you are are dancing the Samba you would be well adviced to find out.

Hi Serendipity
This is a discussion page, not an exam page. Just tell us, please

Well, a complete beginner mightn't know, or care.

What's your point?

Phil. Any moves with the count of 1 a 2 is 3/4 1/4 1. and you have a Samba Bounce. Any moves which are counted
Q Q S do not have a Samba Bounce.. It is permissable to do two Reverse Turns or two Whisks with each of those counts. On one you would have the Samba Bounce on the other you wouldn't
Its also worth taking a look at the technique within a Samba Bounce. It isn't what most people think it is..
If your head was touching a ceiling and you are standing normal. If you raise your heels and at the same time bend your knees. Your head will stay touching the ceiling. If you lower your heels and at the same time straighten your knees your head will still stay in contact with the ceiling.
To mistakenly bounce up and down like a Yo Yo with your head going through the ceiling is incorrect.I won't try to explain the body tick which also takes place except to say it is forward and back and not side to side. Try that on your Voltas. Good Luck.
Clive Harrison.. It is just as easy to teach correctly as it is not to.

I would have said that it was much easier to teach wrong, than right, given the rubbish written on this forum by posters who seem to have verbal diarrhoea, but the difference between 1 a 2 and QQS is elementary. Only a complete beginner wouldn't know, and only then for a couple of weeks.

BTW, why does everyone dance the samba bounce action exactly opposite (up, not down, and down, not up) compared with the very careful and detailed explanation given by Laird? No one has ever told me that one. Go on: make my day.

Clive-- not everyone, those that know no different perhaps, those that have never been told, and, those that dont care .