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The Estampie is both a [medieval] dance and musical form.


There are no surviving dance manuals describing the estampie as a dance. Illuminations and paintings from the period seem to indicate that the estampie involves fairly vigorous hopping.


The estampie musical form consists of a series of verses, perhaps of different lengths, and 2 endings ("open" and "closed") (perhaps also of different lengths), which alternate. So a typical layout would be:


Verse 1, Open Ending, Verse 1, Closed Ending

Verse 2, Open Ending, Verse 2, Closed Ending


For further reading:


Timothy McGee, Medieval Instrumental Dances.