I'm not a dance expert but I believe the cinquepace, sinkapace, cinque pas, etc, is the five steps to the tourdion and the galliard--cinque pas literally five steps. It is mentioned in Shakespeare, Caroso, and Arbeau, for starters.
There are many regional variations; for some nice examples, lucid descriptions and drawings look at the introduction to the Daniel Heartz editions of Attaingnant. dt At 09:52 AM 2/18/2008, you wrote: >Looking for english tabs for anything until the middle 16 century (1550) >and a Italian composer for lute in that period, not Dalza or de Milano. > >plus, information about sinckapace galliarde, date, composer, etc... > >and any suggestion for something interesting from mid 16 century >Europe. something special but not too fancy... >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
