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5c not-why

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This pattern is very similar to the 5 Club Why-Not. And of the same general difficulty.

Patterns to do Before This One

just as in 5 Club Why Not, you can see a detailed description there!

Companion Pattern

5 Club Why Not - this is of similar difficulty. It's good to practice both patterns. The 5-club Why-Not is probably the more common pattern than its "not-why"-brother.

The sequence one person has in 5c-Why-Not was "P S z H z" (see on its wiki page), and here it is "P z S z H" (see below). So it's quite similar, just the Pass and the zip before come in reversed order!

You can mix up the not-why and the why-not version or with some of the compatible patterns below, for example like this:

A throws 5c why-not, B throws 5c not-why

A 1|2: P S z H z

B 1|1: z H P z S

Pattern

Sequence: A starts and has straight passes, B has crossing passes.

A 1|2: P z S z H
B 0|2:  z H P z S

P=pass

z=zip

H=heff

A maybe more intuitive start for the pattern could be that B starts one beat later, that is, they leave out the first pass and therefore start with one club in each hand and react with a heff on the incoming pass.