sarabande
Stately triple-time dance
A sarabande is a slow, stately dance in triple time that originated in Spain and became popular in Baroque court music.
The term now refers primarily to the musical form rather than the dance itself, appearing as a movement in instrumental suites by composers like Bach and Handel.
The dignified, measured quality of the sarabande contrasts with livelier Baroque dances like the gigue.
Rhythm grouped by threes
- slow tempoUnhurried musical pace
- courtlyRefined and dignified
- pavaneMeasured ceremonial court dance
- balletClassical dance on pointe
choreography · reverence · processional · dignified · ballroom · sequence · graceful · partnered
French dance in 4/4
- minuetFormal 18th-century dance
- allemandeYolk-thickened mother sauce
- gigueBaroque suite's closing dance
- suiteConnected hotel rooms
harpsichord · clavichord · ornamentation · counterpoint · Bach · Handel · Couperin · Purcell
Grand and imposing
- solemnSerious and dignified
- dignifiedComposed and respectable
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- graveSerious and worrying
noble · majestic · elegiac · meditative · austere · restrained · ceremonial · processional
Group of three
- accentRegional speech pattern
- stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
- meterDevice that measures usage
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
measure · tempo · pulse · slow · syncopation · pattern · flow · sustained
Andalusia's capital city
- MoorishOf medieval Iberian Muslims
- castanetsHandheld clicking percussion
- colonialOf occupied territories
- flamencoRhythmic Spanish dance style
guitar · sensuous · banned · scandalous · New World · sixteenth century · Latin · provocative
triple meter
Rhythm grouped by threes
- slow tempoUnhurried musical pace
- courtlyRefined and dignified
- pavaneMeasured ceremonial court dance
ballet · choreography · reverence · processional · dignified · ballroom · sequence · graceful · partnered · formal
gavotte
French dance in 4/4
- minuetFormal 18th-century dance
- allemandeYolk-thickened mother sauce
- gigueBaroque suite's closing dance
suite · harpsichord · clavichord · ornamentation · counterpoint · Bach · Handel · Couperin · Purcell · chamber
stately
Grand and imposing
- solemnSerious and dignified
- dignifiedComposed and respectable
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
grave · noble · majestic · elegiac · meditative · austere · restrained · ceremonial · processional · mournful
triple
Group of three
cadence · measure · tempo · pulse · slow · syncopation · pattern · flow · sustained · weighted
Seville
Andalusia's capital city
- MoorishOf medieval Iberian Muslims
- castanetsHandheld clicking percussion
- colonialOf occupied territories
flamenco · guitar · sensuous · banned · scandalous · New World · sixteenth century · Latin · provocative · exotic