TERPSÍCOURANTE
A Longways for Four Couples
Duple Minor Improper
A Number of Calculated Figures, 2000
Tune: Courante, M. Praetorius, 6/8
Recording: New Friends
 
A1 	1-4 	Working in sets of two couples, side-by-side R with neighbor
and fall back.
	5-6 	Set R and L.
	7-8 	Turn single.
	9-10 	Gypsy halfway with neighbor.
A2 	1-4 	With partner, side-by-side R and fall back.
	5-8 	Set R and L, and turn single.
	9-10 	Gypsy halfway with partner
B 	1-4 	With partner, R-hand turn once around.
	5-8 	Men change places; then women change places.
C 	1-2 	SERPENTINE PROGRESSION: Working in sets of two couples, circle
halfway and, for an instant, continue facing the couple you circled with.
	3-4 	Couples 1 and 4 (standing back-to-back in the middle of the
set) change places while keeping their backs to each other, M1 and M4 drawing
their partners out and around the other couple (couple 1 moving down the set,
couple 4 up) to face end couples.
	5-6 	With the couple you are facing, circle halfway until Couples 2
and 3 are standing back-to-back in the middle.
	7-8 	Couples 2 and 3 do the serpentine progression in the middle.
	9-10 	With the couple you are now facing, circle halfway.
	11-12 	Couples 1 and 4 do the serpentine progression in the middle.