Estampie

[2] According to Johannes de Grocheio, there were both vocal and instrumental estampies (for which he used the Latin calque "stantipes"), which differed somewhat in form.

[6] Like the instrumental form, the vocal dance was complicated enough to require concentration, which helps to distract young people from wicked thoughts.

[8] The estampie is the first known genre of medieval era dance music which continues to exist today.

[9][page needed] The earliest reported example of this musical form is the song "Kalenda maya", written by the troubadour Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (1180–1207), possibly to a preexisting melody.

[1] The French estampie was performed in a lively triple meter, a primary division of three beats to the bar.