Types of Music

Dance (minuet)
- 3/4 time
- 8th notes over quarter notes
(dance) Polonaise
- 3/4
- pause in middle of measure
(dance) Bourrée
- 4/4 or cut time
- emphasis on 3rd beat
(dance) Gavotte
- full half measure as pickup
- hard to tell where downbeat is
(dance) Gigue
- 6/8 usually
- fast
(dance) siciliano
- 6/8
- slower
- use of dotted 8th, 16th, 8th
Barcarolle
- 6/8
- slower
- rolling, often arpeggiated accompaniment
- like boat rocking
March
- duple meater
- moderately quick
- dotted rhythms and bold gestures
- fanfares- arpeggiated like horn and brass music
Military and Hunt Music

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Types of Music

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music types

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2013-12-11T07:52:33Z

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