humusic1-6, Exercise 1: A dance-house evening

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How it works: a dance teacher shows the steps of a village dance from a particular region, a small band of violin, viola and double bass (sometimes with other instruments) plays the music, and everyone joins in. The evening moves through several dances, often with breaks for singing, and the teaching is part of the event.

Why it differs from a concert: in a concert the musicians perform and the audience listens. In a dance house the audience are the dancers, the music exists to support the dancing, and the band responds to the room. Learning is by doing and by imitating, so the evening is a social and educational event as well as a musical one.

That is why the movement is described as a method as well as a style of music.