Gigue

The gigue or giga is a lively baroque dance in a compound metre such as 6/4, 3/8 or 12/16. As a musical form gigues frequently occurs as a movement in larger works such as concertos and sonatas, and it was the most common final movement in the baroque suite.

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• Jig (folk dance)
• Loure (slow gigue)

Baroque dance: Dance during the Baroque era in Europe was closely linked with Baroque art and Baroque music. Numerous paintings and writings show the importance of dance, and several dance manuals survive today....

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Metre: :This article is about the unit of length. For other uses of metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation)....