Write a brief essay on ONE of the two offshoots of ragtime: stride piano and novelty piano. What ...

stride piano:
largely a New York phenomenon
also known as Harlem piano
1920s and 1930s
cultivated by James Price Johnson (1894-1955) and Fats Waller (1904-43)
virtuoso form, developed by pianists
musical style:
steady left-hand rhythmic pulse
like ragtime, but expanded to wide-reaching strides between low bass notes and midrange offbeat chords
syncopated right-hand figuration
often faster than ragtime
driving beat
very elaborate melodic line

novelty piano:
primarily of the early 1920s
show-off kind of piano music
sounds more difficult than it is
a refined, white suburban extension of ragtime (Ronald Riddle)
in part, made accessible by the player piano
examples:
Nola
Canadian Capers
Kitten on the Keys
Dizzy Fingers
musical style:
the basic underlying features of ragtime
emphasized greater speed
exhibitionist kind of virtuosity
syncopation
composer most associated with novelty piano
Edward E. Zez Confrey (1895-1971)
influenced:
George Gershwin