How to Do the Cup Song (with Pictures) – wikiHow
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Grasp the cup with your right hand. Turn your right hand so that your thumb is pointing down and your palm is facing the right. Grasp the cup with your hand.
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Hit the rim of the cup. Use the palm of your hand to hit the opening of the cup. Be sure that your hand connects with the rim to make another audible noise.
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Continue to rotate the cup about forty-five degrees. Turn the cup a little further in a fluid motion. The cup just almost be straight up and down with the rim up.
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Tap the edge of the cup on the table. Before the cup reaches the straight up and down position, tap the bottom edge of the cup to the table.
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Pass the cup the your left hand. Continue to turn the cup clockwise. Grasp the bottom of the cup with your left hand. Try to make another audible noise when your left hand touches the cup. These noises maintain the beat of the Cup Song.
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Set the cup back down. Cross your left arm over you right and firmly place the cup back down on the table. The cup should land back down on its rim near the right side of your body.
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Repeat. Continue to practice the Cup Song until you get faster. Once you feel comfortable with the movements, try putting it to the song “When I’m Gone.” The movements repeat throughout the song.
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