Waltz

~1810 (Classical, Romantic)
Germany



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Group: Suite dance
Origin: Landler
Influenced: Foxtrot
Part of: Suite




Dance music in triple meter, written in time signature 3/4-beat. Waltzes typically have one chord per measure, and the accompaniment style particularly associated with the waltz is (as seen in the example to the right) to play the root of the chord on the first beat, the upper notes on the second and third beats.

Chopin - 05.Waltz in Es-dur, Op.18 Grande valse brillante
Chopin - 06.Waltz in As-dur, Op.42 Grande valse