Mazurka

/mˈæzɜːkɐ/

/mˈæzɜːkə/

Mazurka

a Polish national dance in triple time

music that accompanies a Polish dance in moderate triple time for four or eight couples

Examples

1. Chopin said in the early days, he was playing a mazurka for somebody, something like this.

2. Like it's basically harder to play mazurka well than an etude or a concerto - or all these hard things.

3. That's why I quit piano, cause I hit a mazurka.