Jonathan
many thanks for your response.
One of the motivations for my original posting was to improve our fallaway reverse turn in the foxtrot. I believe this should be danced S, &Q, Q. I understand what has been said about the foxtrot requiring a sometimes complex and to some extent undefinable manipulation of the 'strict' rhythm, and i can to some small extent do this .However, there's an element of 'back to basics' here and what i was trying to do is clap out the S,&q,Q rhythm so that my partner will know what i'm trying to achieve. I actually find it quite difficult to lead my partner into this tempo because of the body positions at the crucial time (if anyone has good ideas on this point they'd be MOST welcome). We often dance the figure as 4 quicks, which works quite well. But i'm getting fussy in my old age!
My clapping rhythm is the following beats: 1, 2.5, 3, 4. I just wanted to make sure i have this correct.

Fallaway Reverse Turn and Reverse Pivot demonstrated by Marcus Hilton and narrated by Geoffrey Hearn is as you do S & Q Q This is followed by an Oversway. Hover to PP. Open Natural Turn. Page 4 Ballroom Lines. It might be a good idea if you have a tape to check how much of the ladies upper body ( chest ) is in contact with the mans and stays there.

Actually, quickstep, i have that tape and have forgotten about it. i'll check it out tonight. We end our 3 fallaways with an oversway and hover to PP so it'll be interesting to see his version

Phil. Its pleasing to hear that somebody else also has a tape and can look for themselves.