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simply by the presence of the harpsichord.
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But what else did we hear in these admittedly very short excerpts?
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Well, let's go back to the beginning,
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then, and listen to the rhythm.
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Could you dance or march to this?
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It sounds like almost a pompous entry of some kind.
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You can see the king coming in to court or something.
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So, highly regular rhythm here,
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and this rhythm and this particular sound goes on
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and goes unchanged for about a minute and thirty-five seconds or so,
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and that's another aspect of this--not only regular rhythm
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but a regular ethos in the music of the Baroque period.