a Spanish round dance in quintuple time
Rueda
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Seguidilla
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old Spanish dance in simple triple time
Quintuple
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a prefix indicating five elements, for example, quintuple time (the time signature 5/4, 5/8, and so on)
Bolero
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Spanish dance in 3/4 time; Cuban dance derived from the Spanish bolero, initially into 2/4 time then eventually into 4/4, but…
Common time
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the time signature 4/4 See common time in Elements of a Musical Score see in Time Signatures
Cut time
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quick duple time in which the half note is given one beat instead of two See cut time in Elements of a Musical Score see in T…
Time Signature
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A symbol placed at the left side of the staff indicating the meter of the composition. See time signature in Elements of a Mu…
Waltz
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a simple triple time dance; the dance generally has an introduction, a number of different melodies, before finishing with a…
Bergamasca
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Italian
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…