Re: [Callers] Need musical advice

Kalia, good morning. After thinking about this more and reading others' comments, and realizing you now have only one day.. here's what I think.. my original answer to you (below) just responded to what you were asking for, i.e... jigs and reels, sheet music, pretty easy, etc.. Unless the band is really good at reading music and has some basic understanding of the genre, you might want to go with something they know.. I think keeping with 32 bar tunes is still a good idea, why do this at all if you're not going to demonstrate 'what we do' right? and the band has indicated a willingness.. Maybe they do know Turkey in the Straw or other old-time tunes like that.. They certainly know the Chicken Dance (we call it "Danse de Canard" [duck dance] here in Maine). That tune actually IS 32 bars (of course dancers will probably not be able to resist flapping their arms, etc - not necessarily a bad thing I guess).. Of course if it looks like the band can do it (actually read the music, keep a good tempo, etc) then pick out a few tunes, print up the sheet music, and give it a go.. what the heck.. I agree to ditch the jigs.. Just simple reels.. I still think the Maine Fiddle Camp archive might be of use because there are *simple* tunes on there and you can listen to the MP3 (to see if it works with dance you have in mind) and print out sheet music which has the chords as well as the "fly specks".. As I said before, a LOT of this depends on the band.. but.. they may surprise you.. not every aspiring garage band just plays rock and roll.. I realize "communications" hasn't been all that great with the band, so I suppose all this may get put together *at the gig*... whew.. anyway good luck with that!! (and as several have already said, let us know how this goes!!) bill From: callbill(a)hotmail.com To: kalia.kliban(a)gmail.com; callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: RE: [Callers] Need musical advice Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 00:51:31 +0000 Kalia, Go to the Maine Fiddle Camp web site www.mainefiddlecamp.org click on tunes.. There's an archive of dance tunes from the last 7 or 8 year's camps.. Take a look then take a listen to the MP3.. maybe select some "beginner" or intermediate tunes. there's sheet music here too with chords.. just a few possibilities: out on the ocean, jig 2008old favorite, jig 2013 spotted pony, reel 2011soldiers joy, reel 2011joys of quebec, reel 2010 lot of this will depend on the band.. there's a million to choose from good luck bill Virus-free. www.avast.com