Two-step

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Two-step may stand for:

  • Dances
    • Two-step (dance move), a dance move used in folk dance and various other kinds of dancing.
    • Country/Western Two-step
    • Nightclub Two Step (also called California Two-step)
    • Progressive Double Two
    • Cajun Two-step
    • Zydeco Two-step
    • Two-step, a dance move in the hardcore punk scene. This move is done by crossing the left foot over the right and then the right foot over the left. Usually the dancer also punches downward while attempting this move. The on the downbeat a windmill punch may be thrown backwards. This dance is done to a steady snare beat.
    • Other dances with this name were danced in the 19th century in the USA under the music of John Philip Sousa marches (Washington Post Two Step), which was kind of slowed-down, but jumpy Polka or Galop, as well as in the beginning of the 20th century in Europe and USA.
  • Texas Two Step, a lotto game run by Texas Lottery.
  • A type of bassline in which the I and V scale tones are alternately played in an even rhythm.