"Most cakewalk music is notated in 2/4 time signature with two alternate heavy beats per bar, giving it an ooompah rhythm. Cakewalk music incorporated polyrhythm, syncopation, and the habanera rhythm into the regular march rhythm. Dance was developed from a ""Prize Walk"" done in the days of slavery, generally at get-togethers on plantations in the Southern United States." Cakewalk Cakewalk2
