What element(s) of music do you feel are the most important for dancing?

One of the listening selections for this week is a medieval dance – Estampie. The relationship between music and dance is an important one that we will encounter throughout this course. Listen to the Estampie several times. After listening to this piece, please discuss the following: Does this music sound danceable to you? Why or why not? What element(s) of music do you feel are the most important for dancing? Does the relative importance of musical elements change depending on the type of dance? (In other words, is an element – such as rhythm, meter, melody, dynamics, form, musical texture – more important for some dance styles and less important for others?)