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The 16 pages that link to Dance music, each with the reason it gives.

• TempoRelated: Its tempo often supports the movement and energy of a particular dance.

• Renaissance musicRelated: Dance forms supplied instrumentalists with practical, widely circulated repertory.

• BackbeatRelated: The backbeat gives dancers a regular, readily felt point of emphasis.

• Instrumental musicRelated: Instrumental rhythms can organize movement without a sung text.

• Secular musicRelated: Dance is one of secular music’s oldest and most widespread social uses.

• Sub-Saharan African music traditionsRelated: In many settings, rhythmic structure is designed in close relation to dancers’ movements.