contents
1st part: the Book
Introduction
What is a Time-Step p. 9
The traditional use of a Time-Step / The Buck Time-Step / Origins p. 10
The Set-Up of the Time-Step p. 12
The Regular Time-Step
Single / Double / Triple Time-Step p. 13
Triple-Triple / Double-Triple Time-Step p. 14
The Basic Time-Steps: Single / Double / Triple p. 14
Stomp-Off Time-Step / Scuff Time-Step p. 16
The Design of the Time-Step
a / Open Time-Step: Single / Double / Triple p. 16
Special Open Time-Steps: Musical Comedy Time-Step / Scuff Time-Step p. 17
b / Standard Time-Step p. 18
c / Closed Time-Step p. 18
d / The «Back-Step» Time-Step p. 19
The Tempo p. 19
«Thanks For The Buggy Ride» p. 19
The Time-Step (... and how to get into it) p. 23
The Baby Time-Step p. 24
1920s Time-Step variations / Toe-Tap Time-Step p. 25
Theatrical Time-Steps / Lazy Time-Step / Camel-Walk Time-Step p. 26
The Norman French Time-Step p. 29
The ‘Vaudeville’ Technique
The ‘Vaudeville Technique p. 30
The Vaudeville Time-Step: Regular Double & Triple / Single & Triple Open p. 30
The IndividualTime-Step Mix - Regular & Vaudeville Time-Step p. 33
The Vaudeville Time-Step Break p. 33
The Vaudeville Time-Step Crossover p. 35
1930s Time-Steps
Double with Flap / Fake-Wing Time-Step p. 36
1930s Double-Triple / Triple-Triple Time-Step p. 36
Cramproll Time-Steps p. 37
Other variations: Riffle Time-Step / Double with Flap-3 p. 38
Time-Step with flapHEEL/BALL instead of flap p. 39
The One-Foot Time-Step
Basic / Regular p. 40
all triplets (Henry LeTang) / 4 sounds to the beat (Honi Coles) p. 41
The Bambalina Time-Step
1920s-Buck / 1930s-Buck p. 42
The Triple-Hop Time-Step
with Brushes / with Shuffles p. 43
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The B.S.-Time-Step
The B.S.-Chorus p. 44
The B.S-Time-Step 1920s-Buck / 1930s-Buck p. 45
The B.S.-Break in the 1920s / 1930s p. 46
The 1930s Slow B.S.-Time-Step & B.S-Break p. 48
B.S.-Break with Basic Maxieford / «Lazy» Maxieford p. 49
Other Breaks starting with the B.S.-Time-Step: into Waltzclog / Time-Step, Break p. 50
Vaudeville Full-Break with B.S.-Time-Step p. 53
... and a nice syncopated combination / Chuck Green Special p. 54
Alternative Time-Steps
> The 1920s Rhythm Time-Step > Single / Double / Triple p. 55
> The 1930s Rhythm Time-Step > Standard / Military / Sideways p. 57
The designs of the 1930s Rhythm Time-Step p. 59
Specials: Maxieford / Peg-Leg Rhythm Time-Step p. 61
The One-Foot Rhythm Time-Step p. 62
Around the Rhythm Time-Step p. 64
Rhythm Time-Step Combinations
Rhythm Time-Step & Triplet-Pattern p. 65
Rhythm Time-Step & Rhythm-Pattern p. 66
Hal LeRoy Rhythm Time-Step Combination p. 68
> The Irish Time-Step > Basic / Hop-Irish p. 69
Gene Kelly and the Irish Time-Step a / His Irish Time-Step Techniques p. 70
b / Hop-Irish Time-Step into Maxieford / Lancashire-Walk p. 71
d / Irish Time-Step into Syncopation e / other Syncopated Patterns p. 74
f / Toe-And-Heel Combinations p. 75
g / Time-Step Break finishing with an Irish Time-Step p. 77
h / Time-Step Break > B.S.-Time-Step into Irish Time-Step p. 75
i / a Chuck Green special p. 76
> The Maxieford Time-Step > Standard / Offbeat / Syncopated p. 78
> The Double-Hop Time-Step > Single / Triple / Tom Patricola p. 79
> The Step-Out Step Time-Step > Basic Single / Single / Double / Triple p. 83
> The Chair-Dance Time-Step p. 84
> 4-count Waltzclog Time-Step / Waltzclog-Change Time-Step p. 85
The Jazz Time-Step
1920s / 1930s / 1940s Jazz Time-Step / Dance Jazz Time-Step p. 87
Jazz Time-Step Combinations - 1 to 12 p. 89
The Time-Step Break
Round Break / Standard Break / About the Time-Step Break p. 97
Bill Robinson and the «old» Break p. 99
The Round-Break / The Standard-Break p. 100
Time-Step Break with:
4-count Waltzclog / Irish Time-Step / Maxieford Time-Step / Sand-Pattern p. 101
Break-Patterns starting with Shuffle-Step p. 103
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Time-Step Combinations
Presentation p. 105
> The Hesitation Time-Step > 1920s-Buck / 1930s-Buck p. 106
> The Triple-Hop Time-Step Combination p. 112
> The Reverse-Break Combination
Standard-Break Pattern / Round-Break Pattern / 4-count Waltzclog Pattern p. 116
> The Traveling Time-Step > Introduction & Designs 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 p. 120
Special Traveling Time-Steps p. 125
> The Hoofer Time-Step > Hoofer Time-Step 1 / 2 / 3 p. 130
> The Sand Time-Step Combination p. 138
> The Buffalo Time Step p. 139
> The Time-Step Crossover > Basic /Single / Double / Triple p. 140
The 4-4-8 Time-Step Crossover p. 143
Crossover with a B.S.-Time-Step p. 146
> The John Bubbles Time-Step p. 148
> Shuffle-Pull-Hop Time-Step Combination p. 150
> Special Time-Step Combinations
1 / with a Roll-Pattern p. 159
2 / Syncopated Fake-Wing Combination p. 161
Time-Step Combinations with Broken-Rhythm
> Stomp-Off Time-Step p. 163
> Shuffle-Hop Time-Step Combination
with a regular Time-Step / a One-Foot Time-Step p. 165
> Ruby Keeler Time-Step > Single / Triple p. 166
Shuffle-Step «Time-Step» Combinations
> Shim-Sham Time-Step p. 168
> The Shim-Sham & The 3-3-7 p. 168
> The 7-3-3 (a reversed 3-3-7) - an Old Traveling Time-Step p. 170
> A «Beginners Time-Step» p. 171
The Change-Over Time-Step > Basic Single/ Double / Triple p. 172
Combinations:
1 / with a One-Foot Time-Step (traveling) p. 172
2a / with a Triple Time-Step / 2b / with a Fake-Wing Time-Step p. 173
The Changeover Time-Step Break p. 174
Combined Time-Steps
One-Foot Time-Step & > Regular Time-Step > Rhythm Time-Step p. 176
Regular Time-Step & Rhythm Time-Step / Time-Steps & B.S.-Time-Step p. 179
Regular / One-Foot Triple / Jazz Time-Step & B.S.-Time-Step p. 181
2 different versions of a Regular Time-Step p. 186
«Heel-Grind Time-Step» p. 186
The Time-Step in Tap-Books > comments p. 188
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The Doc
Regular Time-Step: designs & accents p. 189
Thanks for the Buggy Ride p. 192
Lazy Time-Step p. 193
Camel-Walk Time-Step p. 205
Triple-Triple Time-Step / Double-Triple p. 218
Triple-Hop Time-Step
1 / with brush p. 221
2 / with shuffle p. 225
3 / mix brush / shuffle p. 227
Scuff Time-Step single / double p. 229
The Baby Time-Step p. 241
1930s Time-Steps
a - Double with Flap / b - Fake-Wing Time-Step / c - Cramproll Time-Step p. 243
d - with a Shuffle / e - special with Flap-Heel - f / special with Shuffle-Step p. 268
(Syncopated) Fake-Wing Special-Combination p. 272
B.S.-Time-Step > Chuck Green Special with Grace-Note Extension p. 277
Rhythm Time-Step
Standard 1930s Rhythm Time-Step p. 283
Military 1930s Rhythm Time-Step p. 291
Back-Front Rhythm Time-Step p. 293
Back- / Front-Cross Rhythm Time-Step p. 299
Cross-Uncross / Double-Cross Rhythm Time-Step p. 301
Specials - ‘Peg-Leg’ / Maxieford Rhythm Time-Step p. 303
One-Foot Rhythm Time-Step p. 307 Rhythm Time-Step & Rhythm-Pattern p. 310
Rhythm Time-Step Combinations
starting with Drum-Roll > 2nd part triplets < p. 313
Hal LeRoy Rhythm Time-Step Combination p. 319
Rhythm Time-Step & Rolling Pullbacks / & Individual Pattern p. 320
Rhythm Time-Step & Jazz-Cramproll p. 328
Jazz Time-Step
1920s Jazz Time-Step / 1920s Dance Jazz Time-Step p. 329
1930s standard / Alternative techniques p. 332
1930s Dance Jazz Time-Step / 1940s Dance Jazz Time-Step p. 336
Alternative techniques p. 339
Jazz Time-Step Combinations
1 / Rhythm-Maxieford extension with toe and hop p. 342
2 / Rhythm-Maxieford extension into toestand - 3 / into turn p. 353
4 / (extended) Rhythm-Maxieford > variations - 5 / Rhythm-Maxieford p. 358
6 / Pick-Heel-Toe-Heel into Rhythm-Maxieford > with toestand-wing < p. 364
6a / (Rhythm-Maxieford) > variations p. 366
7 / Pick-Heel-Toe-Heel into Toestand - 8 / Pick-Heel-Toe-Heel p. 368
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9 / Rhythm-Softshoe - 10 / with a Rhythm-Pattern p. 372
11 / dancing style - 11a / with a turn - 12 / other individual 2nd parts p. 390
13 / Rhythm-Tap > with Double-Time Pattern - 14 / Mixed Combinations p. 395
Reverse-Break Combination
Early Examples 1903 > Norman French / Uncle Tom’s Cabin p. 402
1 / Standard-Break reversed p. 405
2 / Round-Break reversed p. 421
3 / Break with 4-count Waltzclog reversed p. 423
4 / Hesitation Time-Step 2 p. 426
Traveling Time-Step
design 1: feet parallel facing front p. 428
design 2: facing front crossing / uncrossing p. 439
design 3: from corner to corner p. 457
design 4: with a turn p. 468
Specials
Traveling Time-Step with B.S.-Time-Step p. 476
Traveling Time-Step with Cut-Out p. 481
Traveling Time-Step with Drawbacks p. 486
Syncopated with a Pick / Syncopated p. 488
with backflap-stamp / turning: with backflap-step / with brush-hops p. 490
Traveling Time-Step with a Roll / Variations / into Regular Buck Time-Step p. 495
Specials > individual variations p. 503
Hoofer Time-Step
1 / standard / ending: shuffle-step R, flap L, shuffle R p. 505
2 / ending: shuffle-step R, flap L, flap R p. 517
3 / Round-Break ending: shuffle R, hop L, flap R, flap L p. 530
4 / canon interpretation p. 539
5 / almost a Hoofer Time-Step p. 547
Time-Step Break with special beginnings > Pullback, Essence or Roll p. 549
Time-Step Crossover
basic single / single / double / triple p. 553
4-4-8 Combination p. 573
John Bubbles Time-Step Combination
John Bubbles Classic / Hal LeRoy / special Pattern p. 575
Vaudeville Time-Step
Single / Double / Triple p. 593
Individual Time-Step Mix: Vaudeville-Vaudeville / Vaudeville-Regular p. 626
Individual Time-Step Mix: Vaudeville with One-Foot / Mixed Variations p. 653
Vaudeville Time-Step Break
A / Old Break (Bill Robinson Break) p. 665
B / Round-Break p. 669
C / 4-count Waltzclog - D / 4-count Irish - E / The Old Standard Break p. 671
Vaudeville Time-Step Crossover
1920s Buck: Basic Triple / Triple / Mixed Double & Triple p. 679
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Bambalina Time-Step
A / Crossing and Traveling p. 685
B / No crossing and Traveling p. 701
Combined Time-Steps
1 / One-Foot Time-Step (Bambalina) & Rhythm Time-Step p. 705
2 / Regular & Rhythm Time-Step / Specials: Rhythm into Buck Time-Step p. 709
2a / 1930s Time-Step & Rhythm Time-Step p. 715
2b / Irish-Roll Rhythm Time-Step / One-Foot Time-Step p. 719
3a / Jazz Time-Step & Rhythm Time-Step - 3b / Jazz Time-Step & B.S. Time-Step p. 723
4 / Regular Time-Step & One-Foot Time-Step p. 727
5 / Regular Time-Step & Changeover Time-Step p. 729
6 / Time-Step Break: Time-Step into B.S.-Time-Step p. 730
7 / Triple-Hop Time-step & B.S.-Time-Step - 9 / Triple-Hop Time-Step p. 735
Combined Regular Time-Steps p. 736
Combined Rhythm Time-Steps p. 749
Rhythm Time-Step & One-Foot Rhythm Time-Step p. 754
Chuck Green: ‘Maxieford / Waltzclog Rhythm Time-Step & Rhythm Time-Step p. 757
Rhythm Time-Step & Alternative Techniques > imitating the Rhythm Time-Step < p. 771
Hesitation Time-Step
A / Standard p. 773
B / Special versions: 1 / with a Triple-Roll - 2 / with a B.S.-Time-Step p. 793
C / with a One-Foot Time-Step p. 797
Triple-Hop Time-Step Combination
A / with Brush - B / standard > with shuffle p. 804
B / with One-Foot Time-Step p. 812
Other Time-Step Combinations p. 818
Sand Time-Step p. 822
Stomp-Off Time-Step
with single / double / triple Time-Step p. 826
Shuffle-Hop «Back-And-Front»
A / With Regular Time-Step p. 835
B / With One-Foot Time-Step p. 849
repeating with the same foot p. 853
Shuffle-Pull-Hop Combination p. 856
1920s Rhythm Time-Step single / double / triple p. 859
Shim-Sham
Shim-Sham versus 3-3-7 p. 867
3-3-7
1 / Gene Kelly p. 873
2 / Other performers p. 879
3 / in tap books p. 881
Early Traveling Time-Steps
1 / Gene Kelly p. 889
2 / in tap books p. 892
