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Flexible - four melody lines

The Forlana has returned with a few surprises: sometimes wistful, mischeivous, frustrated, often quirky but always elegant.

Forlana: (furlana)(Fr. Forlane) A dance which originated in N.Italy and then became popular in aristocratic France ~1697 to 1750 as an instrumental ait and generally as a lusty but graceful dance of flirtation. In England and France the Forlana also became popular as a country dance. Usually written in 6/8 or 6/4, it is characterised by repeated motifs and rhythmic accents.