Editing Tap dance (section)

=== Tap Steps ===
Basic tap steps are known as "one-sound steps" and are either weight shifting or non-weight-shifting steps. Common basic tap steps include heel drops, toe drops, heel digs, toe taps, a brush, scuff, chug, pull, hop, leap and step.<ref name="Michiels Hernandez 29–40"/>

In advanced tap dancing, basic steps are often combined together to create new steps. Many steps also have single, double, and triple variations, or can have a variation with a pickup, which is essentially adding an additional brush sound. Popular steps with many variations include pullbacks, timesteps, riffs,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Silao |first=Nia |date=2021-07-03 |title=RIFFS: A Theory of Instruction and Reference for Step Progression in Tap Dance |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23734833.2021.1954852 |journal=Dance Education in Practice |language=en |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=6–17 |doi=10.1080/23734833.2021.1954852 |s2cid=237548320 |issn=2373-4833}}</ref> and drawbacks.

Time steps is an umbrella term that is widely used in tap for any combination of steps that follows a specific rhythm or pattern. These consist of a rhythm that is changed to make new time steps by adding or removing steps. There are many variations of the basic time step, including the single, double, and triple time steps. Time steps consist of single- and multi-sound step combinations.<ref name="Michiels Hernandez 29–40"/>

In tap, various types of turns can be done, including step heel turns, Maxi Ford turns, cramp-roll turns, and drag turns. All tap turns can be practiced in both directions.<ref name="Michiels Hernandez 29–40"/>

Other common tap steps include the shuffle, shuffle ball change, double shuffle, leap shuffle, flap, flap ball change, running flaps, flap heel, cramp-roll, buffalo, Maxi Ford, Maxi Ford with a pullback, pullbacks, wings, Cincinnati, the shim sham shimmy (also called the Lindy), Irish, Waltz Clog, the paddle roll, the paradiddle, stomp, brushes, scuffs, spanks, single and double toe punches, hot steps, heel clicks toe stands, over-the-tops, military time step, back to broadway, toe stand turns, New Yorkers, and Shiggy Bops.