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stride piano
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stride piano
n.
A style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody and the left hand alternates between the bass notes on the strong beats and chords on the weak ones.
[From stride bass (from the motions of the left hand).]
stride pianist n.
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Waller, a stride pianist whose music will be highlighted in a concert dubbed "Unsaturated Fats" at 8 p.
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