<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21pt; text-indent: -21pt; mso-char-indent-count: 0; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">小步舞曲</span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font face="Calibri">  </font></span></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">（</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Menuet</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">）</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21pt; text-indent: 0cm; mso-char-indent-count: 0;"><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">    小步舞曲是一种来源于法国乡村舞蹈的三拍子舞曲，</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">17</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">世纪时开始进入宫廷，由于它的特点是舞步小而优雅，故得此名。</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">1650</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">年左右，被作曲家吕利用于组曲中，成为巴罗克时代的组曲和芭蕾舞剧中常见的舞曲之一，也成为初学钢琴者最早接触的复调作品形式。最初的小步舞曲只是两段式的舞曲，经过吕利等人的改进，扩充为现在常见的三段体式。在巴赫、亨德尔的组曲中，经常可以见到小步舞曲。从海顿开始，它又成为古典奏鸣曲或交响曲的第三乐章的常见曲体，是谐谑曲的前身。从贝多芬开始在第三乐章中采用更快的速度和喧闹、戏谑的风格，小步舞曲正式演变为今天的谐谑曲。</span></p>