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4 and the half-jump step of the dance. [ 1] This name has been changed to "Polka" as an expression of honour and sympathy for the Poland and the Poles after November Uprising 1830-1831. "Polka" meaning in The Czech and Polish languages is "Polish woman". [ 2] The name was widely introduced into the major European languages in the early 1840s.
The country/western two-step, often called the Texas two-step[ 2] or simply the two-step, [ 3] is a country/western dance usually danced to country music in common time. "Traditional [Texas] two-step developed, my theory goes, because it is suited to fiddle and guitar music played two-four time with a firm beat [found in country music].
It is notated in 4 4 or 2 2 time and is usually of moderate tempo, though the folk dances also use meters such as 9 8 and 5 8. [2] In late 16th-century Renaissance dance, the gavotte is first mentioned as the last of a suite of branles. Popular at the court of Louis XIV, it became one of many optional dances in the classical suite of dances.
In folk dance from the Alsace region, waltzes in odd metres such as 5 4, 8 4 and 11 4 are found. In modern bal folk, waltzes in even higher metres are played and danced. Estonian folk dance Labajalavalss (flat of the foot waltz) performed in 3 4 time. [26] Sama'i (also known as usul semai) is a vocal piece of Ottoman Turkish music composed in 6 ...
Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. [ 1] It typically has a 2. 4 or 4. 4 rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as ABAB or ABCAC.
Time signature. 4. 4. Year. 1950's. Origin. Cuba. The cha-cha-cha (also called cha-cha ), is a dance of Cuban origin. [ 1][ 2] It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by the Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin in the early 1950s. This rhythm was developed from the danzón-mambo.
The Mazurka ( Polish: mazurek) is a Polish musical form based on stylised folk dances in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, with character defined mostly by the prominent mazur 's "strong accents unsystematically placed on the second or third beat ". [ 2]
Reel (dance) The reel is a folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type. Of Scottish origin, reels are also an important part of the repertoire of the fiddle traditions of Britain, Ireland and North America. [ 1] In Scottish country dancing, the reel is one of the four traditional dances, the others being the jig, the strathspey ...