The Time-Step

contents

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