The Time-Step Book

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