a dance form in which the performer taps out rhythms and patterns with his or her heels and toes while wearing special shoes with small metal plates called taps
Tap dance
Related Dictionary Terms
Ternary form
Shared keywords
a three section form in which the first section A is repeated, often with some changes, after a middle section B, thus the fo…
Tranh
Shared keywords
(Vietnam) a zither with 10 brass strings. The instrument is placed in front of the musician who uses his right hand to regula…
Tuning peg
Shared keywords
a peg, usually of wood, or a pin, usually of steel, around which a string runs, and which, when turned, increases or decrease…
Tuning pin
Shared keywords
a peg, usually of wood, or a pin, usually of steel, around which a string runs, and which, when turned, increases or decrease…
Square dance
Shared keywords
a form of American dance, from folk genres and played on a fiddle, piano, guitar or banjo, usually performed by four couples…
Alcatraza
Shared keywords
Flirtatious and erotic dance from Peru. It's a couple's dance. Traditionally, the woman has a piece of tissue between her leg…
Open form
Shared keywords
a work in which the performer decides which order to play the material, where to start and where to stop
Riddle canon
Shared keywords
a canon in which the composer has left it to the performer to choose at which point and at which pitch the following voice(s)…