# For those who tap their toes to the music **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 23, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088 "2018-03-23T19:54:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/1 "2018-03-23T19:54:13Z")
Which toes do you tap when you listen to music? If you don’t tap your toes, please re-read the title of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/2 "2018-03-23T20:38:40Z")
Democrat-Right foot. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/3 "2018-03-23T20:44:02Z")
Other. I tap with the right because I played drums a billion years ago. Right foot, down beat/bass drum. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/4 "2018-03-23T20:46:00Z")
It depends on the political affiliation of the artists. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/5 "2018-03-23T20:53:03Z")
I said democrat-right foot, because when I tap I usually tap right and certainly lead with it. However if the beat is lively enough and I’m into it enough, I’ll start using my left foot for the off-beat (or for every other beat if it’s _really_ fast) and thus in those situations use both. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/6 "2018-03-23T20:59:44Z")
Independent (leaning Democrat): Both feet, with left as lower register and right as higher. And teeth are the percussion section. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/7 "2018-03-24T00:03:36Z")
I played French horn all through school. The bell of the horn rests on your right thigh. If you tap your right foot, you’d be rapping the mouthpiece against your teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/8 "2018-03-25T02:25:35Z")
I’m a singer in a choir, toe tapping is frowned upon as a distraction to other members, so I have to wiggle my toes inside my shoe. I change over often as otherwise I get a cramp. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/9 "2018-03-25T03:34:46Z")
I thought this was going to be about which toes of my foot that I tap. I sometimes tap the whole foot, but I may also just tap my big toe. But it’s nearly always my right foot. For one thing, I can only comfortably cross left over right (as I am doing right now). But it’s also my dominant foot. And, yes, I think the bass drum thing is part of it, even though I never really learned to play drums. It’s also the foot I use for the most common piano pedal. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/10 "2018-03-25T05:06:38Z")
The ones which are not on the pedals as I drive. And neither political affiliation applies. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/11 "2018-03-25T06:22:03Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > The ones which are not on the pedals as I drive. And neither political affiliation applies. That would be “Other-Both/either feet” then. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/12 "2018-03-25T15:50:30Z")
Democrat - both/either depending on where and when/what else I am doing. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/13 "2018-03-25T16:11:57Z")
_I’ve been Ayn Randed, Nearly branded Communist, ‘cause I’m left-handed That’s the hand I use… well never mind_ ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/14 "2018-03-25T17:24:16Z")
I answered democrat, left foot (first one). I do wonder if there is more correlation with handedness than political orientation. I actually usually tap my heal, rather than my toe, especially when I am composing. > [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I played French horn all through school. The bell of the horn rests on your right thigh. If you tap your right foot, you’d be rapping the mouthpiece against your teeth. Same here. I actually can’t remember from before I played (picked it up at age 9), to remember if I used to use my right. As is, unless I am getting really into some music where I get both legs going, my right leg stays pretty much perfectly still, I suppose a habit left over from a decade of a french horn in my lap. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/15 "2018-03-25T20:04:52Z")
I usually tap with my right foot, but I sometimes do rolls with both. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/16 "2018-03-25T20:38:34Z")
Democrat, I do both feet. In the car, I tap the kick with the left foot. Outside the car, I’ll either follow the right foot with the the kick, or tap time with the left foot and follow the kick with the right. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/17 "2018-03-26T00:33:13Z")
Democrat both feet, but mostly I just do the hokey-pokey and I turn myself about… ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/18 "2018-03-27T17:54:23Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > I’m a singer in a choir, toe tapping is frowned upon as a distraction to other members, so I have to wiggle my toes inside my shoe. I change over often as otherwise I get a cramp. I said both feet, but I never tap when I’m singing in choir, only when listening to upbeat music. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/19 "2018-03-27T21:33:27Z")
I tap my feet all day long even if there is no music. If there is music, they tap themselves to the beat. I’m not registered to any party. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088/20 "2018-03-30T20:16:04Z")
Apparently Republicans for the most part don’t tap their feet to the music. This will be will be further explored in my upcoming “Humming According to Party Affiliation” poll. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088.md?page=2)