bourrée

noun. 1. a traditional French dance in fast duple time, resembling a gavotte. 2. a piece of music composed in the rhythm of this dance.

adjective. 1. (= rempli) [salle, train] packed ⧫ jam-packed. [valise] crammed full.

bourrée, French folk dance with many varieties, characteristically danced with quick, skipping steps. The dancers occasionally wear wooden clogs to emphasize the sounds made by their feet. Notably associated with Auvergne, bourrées are also danced elsewhere in France and in Vizcaya, Spain.

Background. The Bourree took its place as an optional movement in Baroque instrumental suites. It was originally a French dance in duple time, faster than a Gavotte and with a characteristic “dactylic” rhythm (long, short, short) which is clear in this piece.

And go back to that coupe a position. So demonstrating this pas de Bouree you're going to plie. Back step to the side and step back to the front.

Others argue that since the piece was written in E minor, it would be incompatible with the baroque lute which was tuned to D minor. Nevertheless, it may be played with other string instruments, such as the guitar, mandola or mandocello, and keyboard instruments, and it is especially well-known among guitarists.

noun,plural bour·rées [boo-reyz; French boo-rey]. an old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte. the music for it.

French pas de bourrée is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French pas de bourrée.

Jethro Tull version

Popular for just over a century, the Bourrée or Bourée started as a folk dance in the mid–17th century but upon its adoption by the Academie of Dance at the French court (the Academie was established by Louis XIV in 1661) it entered the world of society.

Placing the Bourrée in a musical context. The baroque period itself spanned about 150 years, 1600-1750. A popular movement from JS Bach's Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996. The Bourrée is the 5th movement out of six. In terms of difficulty level/ ease of playing, it nestles in at around grade 6 Trinity/ABRSM.

Here are some critical features that are characteristic of a bourrée:

1. Meter: 2/2, cut-time.
2. Tempo: lively and fast.
3. Binary form of AB, containing a phrase-period structure within.
4. May be followed by a second bourrée, creating a ternary form.