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In music, the sarabande (It., sarabanda) is a slow dance
in triple metre with the distinctive feature that
beats 2 and 3 of the
measure are often tied, giving a distinctive rhythm of quarter note
and half note in alternation. The half notes are said to have corresponded
with dragging steps in the dance. The sarabande, said to originate in
Spain is a traditional movement of the Baroque suite.
Perhaps the most famous sarabande is the anonymous
La folie espagnole (http://www.folias.nl)
whose melody appears in pieces by dozens of composers from
the time of Monteverdi and
Corelli through the present day.
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