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As a dance, the galliard was definitely not one to be improvised.

It had dancers combining patterns of steps which occupy one or more measures of music.

In one measure, a galliard typically has five steps ; in French such a basic step is called a cinq pas and in Italy, " cinque passi ".

This is sometimes written in English sources as sinkapace.

These steps are: right, left, right, left, cadence.