biguine

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Biguine is a lively traditional music and dance style from Martinique that blends African rhythms with French and Caribbean influences.

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biguine canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dance style
music genre
associatedWith Creole culture
Martinican identity
culturalOrigin Afro-Caribbean culture
danceFeature close partner hold
hip movements
improvised steps
turns and spins
danceType couple dance
social dance
developedInPeriod 19th century
developedInRegion Antilles
surface form: French Antilles

Lesser Antilles
hasOrigin Martinique
influenced Caribbean jazz
early jazz
zouk
influencedBy African drumming traditions
European military band music
French ballroom dances
languageOfLyrics French
French Creole
musicFeature call-and-response patterns
improvisation
polyrhythms
syncopated rhythms
peakPopularity early 20th century
popularIn Guadeloupe
Martinique
Paris
relatedGenre calypso
mazurka
quadrille
stylisticOrigin African music
Caribbean music
French music
subgenre biguine de bal
biguine de rue
biguine de salon
tempo medium tempo
timeSignature 2/4
4/4
typicalInstrument banjo
clarinet
double bass
drums
guitar
percussion
piano
saxophone
ti-bwa
trombone
trumpet

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Afro-Martiniquais musicGenre biguine