a lively dance resembling a jig in triple time in the early sixteenth century, and in 4/4 time from the mid-eighteenth century, associated with sailors
Hornpipe
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Hanacca
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German
Moravian dance in simple triple time
Hanaise
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French
Moravian dance in simple triple time
Hanakisch
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German
Moravian dance in simple triple time
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…
Bergamasque
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French
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…
Bergomask
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German
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…
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