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For Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony see Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)Pastorale refers to something of a pastoral nature in music whether in form or in mood. In baroque music a pastorale is a movement of a melody in 3rds over a drone bass recalling the traditional Christmas playing of pifferari (players of traditional bagpipes (zampogna) and reed pipes) in Italy. Pastorales are generally in 6/8 or 12/8 metres.