Dumpe

Dump

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slow, melancholy old English dance usually in 4/4 time

Deux temps

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French

in 2/2 time, in a tempo where there are two dance steps to a bar whatever the time signature

Anglais

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French

English; an English country dance, sometimes part of the suite, in quick duple time, always starting on a strong beat

Anglaise

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French

English; an English country dance, sometimes part of the suite, in quick duple time, always starting on a strong beat

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…

Chacony

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(Old Eng.) a slow stately dance with variations, popular during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, generally in triple…

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…