leather Britches - Posted - 03/11/2010:  04:55:50

Hello ,

I have been working with , " Kevin Burke's Learn to play Irish Fiddle " DVD 's ,
and on the seconded DVD he plays a set of Gavotte's no names of the tunes are
given.
He is what I know so far , They come form Brittany or Brenton that is in Northern France.
Brittany is one of the Six Celtic regions.
The Gavotte's are in 4/4 time , but the rhythm is grouped as 3 , 3, 2 equaling two measures .

So I know a little , but can you correct or add to my understanding.

Thank You
John

billkilpatrick - Posted - 03/11/2010:  05:19:55

here's the wikipedia article:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavotte

no gavotte that i could see but a great source for old-world, renaissance and baroque dance steps:

memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

... early american dance steps as well.

Edited by - billkilpatrick on 03/11/2010 05:36:19