I was at a concert as a kid when Duke Ellington instructed the audience to snap their fingers on the backbeat (2 and 4). He said snapping on 1 and 3 was considered "aggressive".
What an elegant answer.
17 posted on 04/16/2009 1:14:07 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot
("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)