Category: Half & Half

  • Thinking in Fives

    I spent a lot of time thinking about quintuple-meter (5/4 or 5/8 time) dances earlier this year, though not much of it showed up on Kickery at the time.  Since historical dance description and terminology are not standardized, there’s an important distinction to keep in mind for all dances with some association with the number five:

    Five steps (or movements) in a dance do not necessarily imply 5/4 or 5/8 time.

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