# How the jump rope got its rhythm

- Institution: TED
- Department: Small Thing Big Idea
- Speaker: Kyra Gaunt
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Art, architecture and design, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/kyra_gaunt_how_the_jump_rope_got_its_rhythm)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"Down down, baby, down down the roller coaster..." Hip-hop owes a lot to the queens of double dutch. Ethnomusicologist Kyra Gaunt takes us on a tour of the fascinating history of the jump rope.

## Lectures

1. [How the jump rope got its rhythm](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/kyra_gaunt_how_the_jump_rope_got_its_rhythm/21add2f084b6), 4 min (TED's player)