MUSETTE
Chris Levey, 2009, revised 2024

4/4 (104), AB, D  Sicilian Circle, Barnes3 (168)

Music: JS Bach, "Gavotte II" from English Swuite, No. 3, c1713


A 1-2  1s weave between neighbors, separate, continue around next neighbors, and meet,
       WHILE
       2s move outside nighbors, meet, and lead between next neighbors.

  3-4  Partners two-hand turn once round and face back to home places

  5-6  2s weave between current neighbors, separate, continue around    
       original neighbors, and meet, 
       WHILE
       1s move outside current neighbors, meet, and lead between original neighbors.
       End in original positioins

  7-8  Partners two-hand turn once around.

B 1-4  1s cross between neighbors while 2s move outside for a full double figure-8.
  5-6  Circle left halfway and fall back with neighbor
  7-8  Partners set and two-hand turn halfway.

- Four steps per measure
- Couples who start facling clockwise are the 1s, others (ccw) are the 2s.
- The title refers to the alternate name of the second Gavotte movement in Bach's third English
  Suite, but also to Chris Levey's then six-year old little muse who sang and danced around the 
  kitchen to this tune while he was learning it from the Suzuki violin series.
- The second-to-last F# in Barnes sould be A.

Per dances from Barnes 3.  difficulty 2 / energy level 2