Popcorn Family
Popcorn is a series of similar passing pattern that are called that way, because the objects "pop" up alternatingly on one passer then the other.
This happens either by a combination of triple-single selfs (lid off) or heff,heff (lid on). In any pattern either triple,single (5,3) or heff,heff (4,4) can interchangeably be thrown. Throwing two heffs is probably easier for most people.
The patterns with heffs are closely related to the why not patterns. The occurance of two heffs in a row (88) allow substituting with triple-self,self (96).
Classic Popcorns
These are all 7-club patterns.
- 6-count popcorn (double passes, half syncronous) <4 4 4p 3 3 3><3 3 3 4 4 4p>
- 6-count popcorn with single passes(late singles on the double passes): <4 4 4 3p 3 3><3p 3 3 4 4 4>
- 5-count Popcorn(async) 78686 7a666
- 5-count popcorn (half-sync, double/single pass mix) A:3p,3,3,4,4; B:4,4,4p,3,3
- 7-count popcorn (async) 7868686
Much less well known and maybe not a popcorn anymore:
- 4-count popcorn (half sync): <4 4p 3 3><3 3 4 4p>
The "2 count popcorn" would be the 7 club 2-count
- 8-count popcorn (double passes, half syncronous) <4 4 4 4p 3 3 3 3><3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4p>
Extended Popcorn Family
I am not too sure at the moment what should count as the "extended popcorn family". There are many patterns that share some similarity. We will focus on the patterns asynchronous patterns with "44" for now and start by looking at the 5-count popcorn. It has the siteswap 78686.
We can now keep adding (or removing) "86" or "77" to the pattern and receive a number of patterns with similar properties - and probably similar difficulty. French 3-count is probably harder than the others, because it is period 3 with three different throws. Funky bookends is also maybe harder, because it also mixes many different throws.
- Removing one "86", we get:786 French Three Count 786
- Adding "77" to the French Three Count, we get Funky Bookends 77786
- Adding 86, we get the French/Popcorn 7-count 7868686
- Adding two more passes (77), we get 7 club Vitoria 7778686
- or we can mix up the sequence of Vitoria and get 7786786
All async patterns with single passes (like these here) can be shifted by half a beat to get a half-sync pattern with one side throwing single passes (3p) and one side throwing double passes (4p).
Related Patterns
Symmetric Hands
One can "fix" the half-symmetric 6-count popcorn to two 5-count or 7-count patterns in which both hands of each juggler do the same thing, but the two jugglers have different patterns. Because there are always as many double-throws as single-throws in the pattern, that means one juggler will have a heff less/more in the pattern and the other juggler will have a self less/more compared to 6-count.
5-count:
A 2|2 4p 3 3 3 4 B 2|1 3 4 4 4p 3
7-count
A 2|2 4p 3 3 3 4 4 4 B 2|1 3 4 4 4p 3 3 3
More/Different Passes
One can also adjust the 6-count to have more passes - mostly this gives a mix of double and single passes.
These patterns can be thrown with straight double passes and crossing single passes or with straight single passes and crossing double passes.
2nd 4 to 4p (on A - B adjusted accordingly): B starts with 4 clubs.
R|L R L R L R L <--(valid for straight single passes) A 2|1 4p 3 3 3 4 4p B 2|2 3p 4 4 4p 3 3
If both start with the right hand, single passes are thrown straight and double passes crossing. If double passes are supposed to be straight, one of the jugglers has to start with their left hand. This is true for all of these patterns.
1st 4 to 4p (on A - B adjusted accordingly):
A 2|2 4p 3 3 3 4p 4 B 2|1 3 4 4 4p 3 3p
All double to passes (on A - B adjusted accordingly):
A 2|1 4p 3 3 3 4p 4p B 2|2 3p 4 4 4p 3 3p
