This article is about the medieval dance; for the German band see Estampie . The estampie (also estampida, istampitta, istanpitta and stampita) is both a medieval dance and musical form. Musical Form The estampie is an important form of instrumental music of the 13th and 14th centuries. It consists of four to seven sections, called puncta, each of which is repeated, in the form aa, bb, cc, etc.. Different endings (ouvert (open) and clos (closed)) are provided for the first and second statement of each punctum, so that the structure can be a+x, a+y; b+w, b+z; etc.. Sometimes the same two endings are used for all the puncta, producing the structure a+x, a+y; b+x, b+y, c+x, c+y, etc.. A similar structure was sha