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Charleston (dance) Charleston (dance)
charleston social dance of the United States popular in the mid-1920s. The charleston is characterized by outward heel kicks combined with an up-and-down movement achieved by bending and straightening the knees in time to the syncopated 4/4 rhythm of ragtime jazz . The steps are thought to have... Read more
charleston charleston
charleston social dance of the United States popular in the mid-1920s. The charleston is characterized by outward heel kicks combined with an up-and-down movement achieved by bending and straightening the knees in time to the syncopated 4/4 rhythm of ragtime jazz . The steps are thought to have... Read more
spiritual spiritual
spiritual a religious folk song of American origin, particularly associated with African-American Protestants of the southern United States. The African-American spiritual, characterized by syncopation, polyrhythmic structure, and the pentatonic scale of five whole tones, is, above all, a deeply... Read more
Bradycardia Bradycardia
bradycardia describes a heart beat which is either habitually slow, or which drops from its usual rate. In health, bradycardia may be the result of athletic training, which reduces the resting heart rate. Persons with heart block have persistent or intermittent bradycardia. Sudden bradycardia can... Read more
syncopation syncopation
syncopation [New Gr.,=cut off ], in music, the accentuation of a beat that normally would be weak according to the rhythmic division of the measure. Although the normally strong beat is not usually effaced by the process, there are occasions (e.g., the second theme in the final movement of... Read more
Ragtime Ragtime
Ragtime, the descriptive term for a uniquely American style of popular music and, more broadly, for the time period (ca. 1890–1920) when it emerged and gained popularity. A colloquial contraction of “ragged time,” “ragtime” underscores the music's most identifying... Read more
syncope syncope
syncope The technical term for fainting. The immediate cause of loss of consciousness is failure of oxygen supply to the brain, because of failure of adequate blood flow, due in turn to a severe fall in blood pressure. Syncope usually refers to a ‘vaso–vagal’ episode, in which... Read more
rhythm rhythm
rhythm the basic temporal element of music, concerned with duration and with stresses or accents whether irregular or organized into regular patternings. The formulation in the late 12th cent. of the rhythmic modes—basic recurrent patterns that were adhered to in composition—began the... Read more
country and western music country and western music
country and western music American popular music form originating in the Southeast (country music) and the Southwest and West (western music). The two regional styles coalesced in the 1920s when recorded material became available in rural areas, and they were further consolidated after musicians... Read more
measure measure
measure in music, a metrical unit having a given number of beats, the first of which normally is accented, although the accent may be displaced by syncopation. Measures are separated on the staff by vertical lines called bars. The term bar has become synonymous with measure. The consistent... Read more

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