单词 | slow drag |
释义 | slow dragn. Originally U.S. 1. A piece of music in a slow blues rhythm; (also) this rhythm.Apparently originating among African Americans in the southern United States, this type of music was chiefly popular in the early 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > slow piece slow drag1901 slow1956 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > specific rhythms triplac1550 semibreve time1591 common measure1597 common time1597 nonupla1597 triple1597 binary measure1609 triple time1654 treble time1686 ternary measure or time1728 alla breve1731 ribattuta1740 four-four time1826 compound time1848 dotted rhythm1872 six-eight tempo1873 six-four1873 six-eight time1884 six-four time1884 six-two time1884 twelve-eight1884 slow drag1901 two-rhythm1901 three-four1902 sprung rhythm1944 songo1978 one-drop1979 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > action of putting into rhythm > types of rhythm swing1829 sprung rhythm1877 dance-rhythm1880 ragtime1896 slow drag1901 rumba1912 polymetre1922 cross-rhythm1926 tangana1926 counter-rhythm1927 ride1935 walking beat1935 ricky-tick1937 rock1937 shuffle rhythm1940 isorhythm1954 shuffle beat1955 tango rhythm1966 makossa1973 1901 S. Joplin & S. Hayden (title of sheet music) A rag time two step: sunflower slow drag. 1926 A. Niles in W. C. Handy Blues ii. 9 The songs were woven of the same stuff as the other overlapping items..the over-and-overs, slow-drags, pats, and stomps. 1941 W. C. Handy Father of Blues vi. 76 It was not easy for me to concede that a simple slow-drag and repeat could be rhythm itself. 1992 Playboy Sept. 16/3 Trick or Treat..has a great slow-drag groove, a rumbling bass and soaring horns complementing a classic Redding vocal. 2010 P. C. Muir Long Lost Blues v. 165 The chorus..is stylistically a slow drag with a strong ragtime feel. 2. A dance characterized by slow movement and dragging of the feet, usually while holding a partner closely in a romantic or intimate manner.Apparently originating among African Americans in the southern United States, the dance was chiefly popular in the early 20th cent., and was usually performed to music with a slow blues rhythm (see sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > slow or stately dance > [noun] > specific pavanea1510 passamezzo1568 passy-measure1597 saraband1631 minuet1672 cerebrand1677 minaway1688 gavotte1696 passepied1696 minuetto1724 polonaise1740 polacca1804 minuetinga1847 varsovienne1859 varsoviana1860 Paduan1880 slow drag1911 strut1937 1911 S. Joplin Treemonisha (sheet music) xvii. 215 Directions for the Slow Drag. 1. The Slow Drag must begin on the first beat of each measure. 2. When moving forward, drag the left foot; when moving backward, drag the right foot, [etc.]. 1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. x. 224 Jim Presley's melody crying like repentance as four or five couples took the floor. Doing the slow drag, doing the schronch. 1971 Village Voice 1 July 72/1 The play was deemed ‘obscene’ by some contemporary puritans because it presented couples dancing the Slow Drag. 1996 E. A. Proulx Accordion Crimes (1997) 43 The thudding feet of dancers doing the slow drag, the itch, the squat, the grind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901 |
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