Galop
A very fast duple dance, like a galloping horse
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A galop is a very fast duple-time ballroom dance from the nineteenth century: the rhythm of a galloping horse, often short eighth notes and a sudden stop. It frequently closed a ball and also appears in opera and orchestral music.
It differs from the polka: the polka springs, the galop charges; it differs from a march too: a galop is for狂欢, not for walking. The usual mistake is to treat it as just "fast" — its galloping feel and abrupt halt are the character; speed alone is not enough.
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Sources
- 加洛普的速度与舞厅传统，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Galop"；本文为原创表述
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