Suite Flashcards
1
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Suite
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An importart form of Baroque keyboard music that consists of different movements in the character of a dance
2
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Allemande
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German Origin, simple binary form, usually in 4/4 time
3
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Courante
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French origin, shifting meters at cadences
4
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Corrente
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Italian origin, triple meter
5
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Sarabande
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Spanish origin, triple meter, slow
6
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Gigue, jig
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Irish origin, compound meters, usually quick
7
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Boureé
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French origin, duple meter, begins on an upbeat
8
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Gavotte
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French origin, dupple meter, (alla breve) often begins on an upbeat
9
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Minuet
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French origin, simple triple meter, moderate meter
10
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Polonaise
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Polish origin, triple meter, moderate tempo
