Definitions for gigue
ʒiggigue

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1. jig, giguenoun

   music in three-four time for dancing a jig

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1. giguenoun

   an Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period).

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1. Gigue

   The gigue (; French pronunciation: ​[ʒiɡ]) or giga (Italian: [ˈdʒiːɡa]) is a lively baroque dance originating from the English jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century and usually appears at the end of a suite. The gigue was probably never a court dance, but it was danced by nobility on social occasions and several court composers wrote gigues.A gigue is usually in 38 or in one of its compound metre derivatives, such as 68, 64, 98 or 128, although there are some gigues written in other metres, as for example the gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's first French Suite (BWV 812), which is written in 22 and has a distinctive strutting "dotted" rhythm. Gigues often have a contrapuntal texture as well as often having accents on the third beats in the bar, making the gigue a lively folk dance. In early French theatre, it was customary to end a play's performance with a gigue, complete with music and dancing.A gigue, like other Baroque dances, consists of two sections.

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1. gigue

   A gigue is a lively baroque dance originating from Britain and Ireland, typically in compound meter and often forming the final movement of a suite. In music, it refers to a piece of music composed in the style of this dance, often written in compound time.

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1. Gigue

   The gigue or giga is a lively baroque dance originating from the British jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century and usually appears at the end of a suite. The gigue was probably never a court dance, but it was danced by nobility on social occasions and several court composers wrote gigues. A gigue is usually in 3/8 or in one of its compound metre derivatives, such as 6/8, 6/4, 9/8 or 12/8, although there are some gigues written in other metres, as for example the gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's first French Suite, which is written in 2/2. It often has a contrapuntal texture. It often has accents on the third beats in the bar, making the gigue a lively folk dance. In early French theatre, it was customary to end a play's performance with a gigue, complete with music and dancing. A gigue, like other Baroque dances, consists of two sections. In Bach's gigues, each section often begins as a fugue, in which the theme used in the first section is inverted in the second section, as for example in the gigue from Bach's third English Suite.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gigue in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gigue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gigue
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigue
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5. ^ Wikidata
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6. ^ Usage in printed sources
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