WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
stride pian′o, 
  1. Music and Dancea 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.
  • 1950–55

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