Noun

(en noun)

(music) A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 3, author=Ian Fisher, title=Fingers That Keep the Most Treasured Violins Fit, work=New York Times citation

, passage=He starts with scales and arpeggios, then something more substantial, on a recent day one of Bach’s partitas for the violin. }}