page_title: Gigue
hierarchical_section_title: Gigue
caption_attribution_description: Gigue musical pattern.
context_page_description: The gigue or giga is a lively baroque dance originating from the English jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century and usually appears at the end of a suite. The gigue was probably never a court dance, but it was danced by nobility on social occasions and several court composers wrote gigues.
  A gigue is usually in or in one of its compound metre derivatives, such as, or, although there are some gigues written in other metres, as for example the gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's first French Suite, which is written in and has a distinctive strutting "dotted" rhythm.
  It often has a contrapuntal texture as well as often having accents on the third beats in the bar, making the gigue a lively folk dance.
  In early French theatre, it was customary to end a play's performance with a gigue, complete with music and dancing.
  A gigue, like other Baroque dances, consists of two sections.
context_section_description: The gigue (/ʒiːɡ/; [ʒiɡ]) or giga (Italian: [ˈdʒiːɡa]) is a lively baroque dance originating from the English jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century and usually appears at the end of a suite. The gigue was probably never a court dance, but it was danced by nobility on social occasions and several court composers wrote gigues.
  A gigue is usually in  or in one of its compound metre derivatives, such as , ,  or , although there are some gigues written in other metres, as for example the gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's first French Suite (BWV 812), which is written in  and has a distinctive strutting "dotted" rhythm. 
  It often has a contrapuntal texture as well as often having accents on the third beats in the bar, making the gigue a lively folk dance.
  In early French theatre, it was customary to end a play's performance with a gigue, complete with music and dancing.
  A gigue, like other Baroque dances, consists of two sections.
caption: Gigue rhythm.[1]
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