An Interesting thread on the Galliard, I think. The videos on youtube
were enlightening. The jumps within the dance clearly require a tempo
not too fast, but also not too slow, to allow the jump to be
executed in tempo. Fun to watch, and more intersting than anything we
did in dancing class! I would say that if the band is made up of
just recorders and percussion (as in one of the videos), there's no
practical limit as to how fast the music could be played - only a limit
in how fast it could be danced. But the dancers could always modify
their steps, I think, to match the tempos of the band. But too slow
might be harder to accomodate than too fast; shorter jumps at a
fast tempo, yes, but higher jumps at a slow one?
Ned
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