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**Dance Music**

Particularly traditional western dance music.

One thing that becomes pretty clear when you're hearing a set of tunes played for dancing, at least in the British-American tradition, is that there really isn't any silence. There are no proper rests, though players might skip a note for phrasal emphasis or to take a quick breath. Even the transition of one tune to the next in a set is smooth and continuous.

On the parallel, the dancers aren't exactly resting either! There is constant motion of the figures, so there must be constant motion of the music!