a quick dance in triple time in which the lady is lifted into the air during a quarter-circle turn
Volta
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Valse
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French
a simple triple time dance
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…
Alla breve
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cut time; used for quick duple time in which the half note is given one beat instead of two
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…
Chaconne
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a slow stately dance with variations, popular during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, generally in triple time, play…
Chacony
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(Old Eng.) a slow stately dance with variations, popular during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, generally in triple…
Ciacona
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Italian
slow stately dance with variations, popular during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, generally in triple time, played…
Common time
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the time signature 4/4 See common time in Elements of a Musical Score see in Time Signatures