Branle Pinagay

Branle

Arbeau, Orchesography

Line or circle for as many couples as will

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I	A1	1-4	Double left	Left foot wide. Right foot approached. Left foot wide. Feet together. These four steps are a double to the left. ¶	Pied gaulche largy. Pied droit approché. Pied gaulche largy. Pieds ioincts. Ces quatre pas font double a gaulche. ¶
		5	Kick left	Left foot in the air.	Pied en l’air gaulche.
		6-9	Double left	Left foot wide. Right foot approached. Left foot wide. Feet together. These four steps are a double to the right. ¶	Pied gaulche largy. Pied droit approché. Pied gaulche largy. Pieds ioinctz. Ces quatre pas font vn double a droict. ¶
		10-12	Kick left, right, left	Left foot in the air. Right foot in the air. Left foot in the air. ¶	Pied en l’air gaulche. Pied en l’air droict. Pied en l’air gaulche. ¶
		13-16	Double left	Left foot wide. Right foot approached. Left foot wide. Feet together. These four steps are a double to the left. ¶	Pied largy gaulche. Pied droit approché. Pied largy gaulche. Pieds ioincts. Ces quatre pas font vn double a gaulche. ¶
		17-20	Double right	Right foot wide. Left foot approached. Right foot wide. Feet together. These four steps are a double to the right. ¶	Pied largy droit. Pied gaulche approché. Pied largy droit. Pieds ioincts. Ces quatre pas font double a droit. ¶

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Reconstruction by Peter and Janelle Durham. Original transcribed from Fonta edition. Translation by Peter Durham.

Notes

Reconstruction. In A1 6-9, Arbeau provides the steps of a double left but calls them a double right. This error appears in the Library of Congress web images as well as the Fonta edition. Mary Stewart Evans corrects this silently in the Dover edition.