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SHAKESPEARE AND MUSIC

consist of 'simples, doubles, reprises,' etc., like the first and second parts, but is danced almost exactly as a Galliard, except that it is par terrei.e., without any capers, and low on the ground, with a quick and light step; whereas the Galliard is danced high, with a slower and weightier 'mesure.'

He gives the following tune, which will fit to any of the innumerable diversities of Galliard. If played fast, it is a Tordion, if slower, a Galliard. [There are, of course, no bars in the original.]

Tordion or Galliard (Cinquepace).

{ \key f \major \time 3/2 \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'single-digit \relative b' { \repeat volta 2 {
  bes2_"1" a_"2" g_"3" | c2._"4" bes4_"5" a2_"6" | g f e | f2. e4 d2 | bes' a g | c2. bes4 a g | g1 f2 | g1 r2 }
\repeat volta 2 {
  g g g | f4 g a bes c2 | bes2. a4 a g8 a | bes1. | bes2 bes bes | a4 bes c bes a g | g1 f2 | g1. }
} }


Here are the Steps of the Galliard, consisting of five movements of the feet, and the caper, or 'sault majeur.' The five steps give the Galliard the name of Cinque pas.

  1. Greve gaulche. ['Greve' is explained as a 'coup de pied.]'