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The gigue () or giga is a lively baroque dance
Baroque dance

Baroque dance is dance of the Baroque era in Europe , closely linked with Baroque music, theatre and opera....
 originating from the British jig
Jig

The jig is a folk dance as well as the accompanying dance tune , popular in Ireland. The jig derives its name from the French language word gigue, meaning small fiddle, or giga, the Italian language name of a short piece of music popular in the Middle Ages....
. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century and usually appears at the end of a suite.

The gigue is usually in 3/8 or in one of its compound
Compound metre

In music, compound meter, compound metre, or compound time , is a time signature or meter in which each bar is divided into three or more parts, or two uneven parts , calling for the bar to be played with principal and subordinate metric accent , causing the sensation of beat ....
 metre
Metre (music)

Meter or metre is a concept related to an underlying division of time characteristic of western music. The concept provides that the pattern, is usually 2, 3, or 4 beats long, , and each beat may be normally divided into 2 or 3 basic subdivisions ....
 derivatives, such as 6/8, 6/4, 9/8 or 12/16, although there are some gigues written in other meters (for example, the gigue from Bach's first French Suite (BWV 812), which is written in 4/4).






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The gigue () or giga is a lively baroque dance
Baroque dance

Baroque dance is dance of the Baroque era in Europe , closely linked with Baroque music, theatre and opera....
 originating from the British jig
Jig

The jig is a folk dance as well as the accompanying dance tune , popular in Ireland. The jig derives its name from the French language word gigue, meaning small fiddle, or giga, the Italian language name of a short piece of music popular in the Middle Ages....
. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century and usually appears at the end of a suite.

The gigue is usually in 3/8 or in one of its compound
Compound metre

In music, compound meter, compound metre, or compound time , is a time signature or meter in which each bar is divided into three or more parts, or two uneven parts , calling for the bar to be played with principal and subordinate metric accent , causing the sensation of beat ....
 metre
Metre (music)

Meter or metre is a concept related to an underlying division of time characteristic of western music. The concept provides that the pattern, is usually 2, 3, or 4 beats long, , and each beat may be normally divided into 2 or 3 basic subdivisions ....
 derivatives, such as 6/8, 6/4, 9/8 or 12/16, although there are some gigues written in other meters (for example, the gigue from Bach's first French Suite (BWV 812), which is written in 4/4). They often have a contrapuntal
Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more Register that are independent in contour and rhythm, and interdependent in harmony....
 texture. It often has accents on the third beats in the bar.

Etymology


In the XII century a small violin was called a gigue. One of the dances that was played with the violin soon got this name.

See also

  • Jig
    Jig

    The jig is a folk dance as well as the accompanying dance tune , popular in Ireland. The jig derives its name from the French language word gigue, meaning small fiddle, or giga, the Italian language name of a short piece of music popular in the Middle Ages....
     (folk dance)
  • Loure
    Loure

    The loure, also known as the gigue lente or slow gigue, is a French Baroque dance, probably invented in Normandy and named after the sound of the instrument of the same name ....
     (slow gigue)