a piano style characterized by single bass notes on the first and third beats and chords on the second and fourth
another name for stride (sense 8)
stride piano in American English
noun
a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing
Word origin
[1950–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: allograph, drip-dry, hot line, point-of-sale, speech recognition
Examples of 'stride piano' in a sentence
stride piano
There's crisp stride piano, some yearning ballads and sultry blues, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
So to hear one of the great masters of stride piano playing on top form is a treat indeed.