The swing cut is a family of Branle S described by Thoinot Arbeau in its Orchésographie (1589).

The cut swings are “ made up and intermingled with double, of simple, feet in the air, feet togethers and jumps ”, written Arbeau. They are arranged in continuations of dances and the musicians call them swings of cut Champagne , swings of Hainaut , swings of Avignon , etc

Descriptions

The continuation of cut swings described by Arbeau consists of Cassandre , Pinagay , Charlotte , the War and Aridan . These dances are likely of ornamentations like the majority of the other swings.

Cassandre

Sentence a: 4 measurements 4/4 - Sentence b: 2 measurements 4/4 + 1 measurement 2/4 + 1 measurement 4/4

• has my. 1 (1-4): double on the left
• has my. 2 (1-4): double on the right
• has my. 3-4: idem my. 1-2
• B my. 1 (1-4): double on the left
• B my. 2 (1-4): double on the right
• B my. 3 (1-2): simple on the left
• B my. 4 (1-4): double on the right

Pinagay

Sentence a: 2 my. 5/8 + 1 my. 2/4 - Sentence b: 4 my. 4/4

• has my. 1 (1-4): double on the left

(5): foot in the left air

• has my. 2 (1-5): idem my. 1
• has my. 3 (1): foot in the right air

(2): foot in the left air

• B my. 1 (1-4): double on the left
• B my. 2 (1-4): double on the right
• B my. 3-4: idem my. 1-2

Charlotte

Sentence a: 1 my. 4/4 + 1 my. 2/4 + 1 my. 4/4 - Sentence b: 1 my. 4/4 + 1 my. 2/4 + 1 my. 3/4 + 1 my. 2/4 + 1 my. 3/4 + 1 my. 2/4 + 1 my. 4/4

• has my. 1 (1-4): double on the left
• has my. 2 (1): foot in the left air

(2): foot in the right air

• has my. 3 (1-4): double on the right
• has my. 4-6: idem my. 1-3
• B my. 1 (1-4): double on the left
• B my. 2 (1): foot in the left air

(2): foot in the right air

• B my. 3 (1-2): simple on the right

(3): foot in the left air

• B my. 4 (1): foot in the right air

(2): foot in the left air

• B my. 5 (1-2): simple on the left

(3): foot in the right air

• B my. 6 (1): foot in the left air

(2): foot in the right air

• B my. 7 (1-4): double on the right

the War

Sentence a: 3 my. 4/4 - Sentence b: 4 my. 4/4 (N.B.: the steps are carried out twice more quickly)

• has my. 1 (1-4): double on the left
• has my. 2 (1-4): double on the right
• has my. 3-8: idem 3 times my. 1-2
• B my. 1 (1-2): double on the left

(3-4): double on the right

• B my. 2 (1): simple on the left

(2): simple on the right

(3-4): double on the left

• B my. 3 (1): simple on the right

(2): simple on the left

(3-4): double on the right

• B my. 4 (1): simple on the left

(2): burden left, right strike

(3): burden left, feet togethers

(4): major jump with caper

Aridan

Sentence a: 1 my. 4/4 + 1 my. 3/4 - Sentence b: 1 my. 6/4 + 1 my. 4/4 - Sentence C: 1 my. 4/4 + 1 my. 2/4 + 2 my. 4/4

• has my. 1 (1-4): double on the left
• has my. 2 (1): foot in the left air

(2): foot in the right air

(3): foot in the left air

• has my. 3-4: idem my. 1-2
• B my. 1 (1-4): double on the left

(5-6): simple on the right

• B my. 2 (1-2): simple on the left

(3-4): simple on the right

• C my. 1 (1-4): double on the left
• C my. 2 (1): foot in the left air

(2): foot in the right air

• C my. 3 (1-4): double on the right
• C my. 4 (1 &): left foot on the left, approximate right foot

(2 &): left foot on the left, right strike

(3 &): right foot on the right, approximate left foot

(4): burden right

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