Tap Dance Technique N°1 ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THE TIME-STEP (Victor Cuno), 730 p. A complete presentation & research about the techniqes and combinations of the famous Time-Step. Last update: September 21, 2019.
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1st part: the Book
What is a Time-Step p. 7
The traditional use of a Time-Step / The Buck Time-Step p. 8
Origins p. 8
The Set-Up of the Time-Step p. 10
The Time-Step
Single / Double / Triple Time-Step p. 11
Triple-Triple / Double-Triple Time-Step p. 12
The Basic Time-Steps: Single / Double / Triple p. 12
Stomp-Off Time-Step p. 14
The Design of the Time-Step
a) Open Time-Step: Single / Double / Triple p. 14
Special Open Time-Steps: Musical Comedy Time-Step / Scuff Time-Step p. 15
b / Standard Time-Step p. 16
c / Closed Time-Step p. 16
d) The «Back-Step» Time-Step p. 17
The Tempo p. 17
"Thanks For The Buggy Ride" p. 18
The Time-Step (... and how to get into it) p. 20
The Baby Time-Step p. 21
1920s Time-Step variations
Toetap Time-Step p. 22
Theatrical Time-Steps: The Lazy Time-Step / The Camel-Walk Time-Step p. 23
1930s Time-Steps
Double with Flap / Fake-Wing Time-Step / Cramproll Time-Steps p. 25
variation with Shuffle / special with Shuffle-Step p. 26
1930s Triple-Triple Time-Step p. 26
Other variations: Riffle Time-Step / Double with Flap-3 p. 27
Time-Step with flapHEEL/BALL instead of flap
The Triple-Hop Time-Step
with Brushes / with Shuffles p. 28
The Half-Break Time-Step
Basic / Regular p. 29
all triplets (Henry LeTang) / 4 sounds to the beat (Honi Coles) p. 30
The Bambalina Time-Step p. 31
The Time-Step Break
Round Break / Standard Break p. 32
About the Time-Step Break p. 32
Bill Robinson and the «old» Break p. 33
The Round-Break p. 35
Time-Step Break with:
4-count Waltzclog / 4-count Irish / 4-count Maxieford / Sand-Pattern p. 36
Break-Patterns starting with Shuffle-Step p. 37
The Standard-Break p. 38
Short Time-Step: The B.S.-Pattern p. 38
The B.S.-Break
The B.S.-Break in the 1920s p. 40
The B.S.-Break in the 1930s p. 41
The 1930s Slow B.S.-Pattern & B.S-Break p. 42
B.S.-Break with Basic Maxieford / «Lazy» Maxieford p. 43
Other Breaks starting with the B.S.-Pattern p. 44
Vaudeville-Break with B.S.-Pattern p. 46
... and a nice syncopated combination p. 47
Time-Step > Break < Combinations
The Reverse-Break Combination
with: Standard-Break Pattern / Round-Break Pattern / 4-count Waltzclog Pattern p. 48
The Traveling Time-Step
Basic /Single / Double / Triple p. 50
Designs 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 p. 51
Traveling Time-Step with B.S-Pattern p. 54
Special Traveling Time-Steps:
with cut-out / with drawbacks or syncopated / backflap-stamp / brush-hop p. 55
Traveling Time-Steps: individual variations p. 57
The Hoofer Time-Step
Hoofer Time-Step 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 p. 58
Special arrangement of the Hoofer Time-Step p. 65
Break of the Hoofer Time-Step p. 65
Special Time-Step Break with Double-Pullback p. 66
The Time-Step Crossover
Basic /Single / Double / Triple p. 67
The 4-4-8 Time-Step Crossover p. 70
Crossover - alternative endings p. 71
Special Crossover with the B.S.-Pattern p. 73
The ‘Vaudeville’ Technique
The Vaudeville Time-Step p. 75
The Individual Time-Step Mix p. 76
The Vaudeville Time-Step Break p. 77
The Vaudeville Time-Step Crossover p. 79
Combined Time-Steps p. 80
Time-Step Combinations
The Double-Buck Combination p. 84
Special versions of the Double-Buck:
1 / with a Triple Roll 2 / with the B.S.-Pattern 3 / with a Half-Break Time-Step p. 86
4 / with special Time-Steps: Triple-Roll Pattern / Triple-Hop Time-Step p. 88
Triple-Hop Time-Step Combination
with a regular Time-Step / a Half-Break Time-Step / Ray Bolger specials p. 89
Sand Time-Step Combination p. 92
Time-Step Combinations with Broken-Rhythm
Boogie-Stomp Time-Step p. 93
Shuffle-Hop Time-Step Combination
with a regular Time-Step / a Half-Break Time-Step p. 95
Shuffle-Pull-Hop Time-Step Combination p. 98
Shuffle-Step «Time-Step» Combinations
1 / with a regular Time-Step p. 100
2 / with a (Buck) Rhythm Time-Step p. 100
3 / The Shim-Sham & The 3-3-7 p. 103
3a / 7-3-3 - an Old Traveling Time-Step p. 105
4 / a «Beginners Time-Step» p. 106
The Change-Over Time-Step p. 107
The Change-Over Time-Step Combinations p. 107
1 / with a Half-Break Time-Step (traveling) p. 107
2a / with a Triple Time-Step p. 108
2b / with a Fake-Wing Time-Step p. 108
The Changeover Time-Step Break p. 109
The Buffalo Time Step p. 110
Syncopated Fake-Wing Combination p. 111
Alternative Buck Time-Steps
1) Double-Hop Time-Steps
a / Charlie Robbins b / Tom Patricola «Somebody Loves Me» p. 112
2) Shuffle-Hops only p. 114
3) Black Showbusiness p. 114
«Heel-Grind Time-Step» / «Chair-Dance Time-Step» p. 115
The Time-Step in Tap-Books p. 118
The Doc
Thanks for the Buggy Ride p. 119
Lazy Time-Step p. 121
Camel-Walk Time-Step p. 127
Double-Triple Time-Step p. 135
Triple-Hop Time-Step
1 / with brush p. 136
2 / with shuffle p. 138
3 / mix brush / shuffle p. 140
Scuff Time-Step p. 141
1930s Time-Steps p. 144
Reverse-Break Combination
1 Standard-Break reversed p. 149
2 Round-Break reversed p. 156
3 Break with 4-count Waltzclog reversed p. 158
Traveling Time-Step
design 1: feet parallel facing front p. 160
design 2: facing front crossing / uncrossing p. 166
design 3: from corner to corner p. 184
design 4: with a turn p. 190
SPECIALS
Traveling Time-Step with B.S.-Pattern p. 197
Traveling Time-Step with Cut-Out p. 202
Traveling Time-Step with Drawbacks p. 204
Syncopated with a Pick p. 205
Syncopated p. 206
with backflap-stamp p. 207
with backflap-step turning p. 208
with brush-hops p. 209
Variations p. 210
Hoofer Time-Step
1 / standard / ending: shuffle-step R, flap L, shuffle R p. 213
2 / ending: shuffle-step R, flap L, flap R p. 225
3 / Round-Break ending: shuffle R, hop L, flap R, flap L p. 236
Break with Pullback p. 242
Time-Step Crossover p. 243
4-4-8 Combination p. 263
Vaudeville Time-Step p. 265
Individual Time-Step Mix p. 283
Vaudeville Time-Step Break
A / Old Break (Bill Robinson Break) p. 308
B / Round-Break p. 310
C / 4-count Waltzclog p. 311
D / 4-count Irish p. 311
Vaudeville Time-Step Crossover p. 314
Combined Time-Steps p. 320
Combined Regular Time-Steps p. 322
Double-Buck Combination
A / Standard p. 332
B / Special versions p. 346
C / with a Half-Break Time-Step p. 349
Hesitation Time-Step p. 356
Triple-Hop Time-Step Combination
A / standard p. 357
B / with Half-Break Time-Step p. 362
Sand Time-Step p. 368
Boogie-Stomp Time-Step p. 372
Shuffle-Hop «Back-And-Front»
A / With Regular Time-Step p. 380
B / With Half-Break Time-Step p. 391
Shuffle-Pull-Hop Combination p. 396
Shim-Sham / 3-3-7 p. 399
3-3-7 p. 406
Early Traveling Time-Steps p. 419
«Beginners Time-Step» p. 423
Individual Time-Step Combinations p. 427
Changeover Time-Step Combinations p. 429
Buffalo Time-Step p. 434
Syncopated Fake-Wing Combination p. 443
Alternative Time-Step p. 452
«Heel-Grind Time-Step» p. 455
«In-Books-Only» Time-Steps p. 465