[Callers] About Pepper's Black...

Pepper's Black, interesting tune and dance. In looking at this website, some information is confusing and/or outright incorrect. The website writes in the heading tune is in D major but the key signature in the transcription with its two flats suggests Bb or G minor. Or, uh, D Phrygian mode. My curiosity of this melody got me to put the tune in my transcription program, Finale. With Finale I could put the tune in all seven "Greek" modes. I didn't favor D Phrygian, but I liked D major, D Mixolydian and D Dorian. D Lydian was also actually nice. I've made a PDF of this effort along with a few words on modes. I had Finale make an audio .wav file of my transcription. That way you can follow the PDF through the sound of the modes. You can download the PDF and audio files from here: https://www.asuswebstorage.com/navigate/a/#/s/2BD7BDCBD4CC4B37AA41E1C424376… Also the website says the dance is "A circle dance." I'm not sure what kind of circle fits the figures unless it's a Sicilian circle. Then the website says, "3xAABB," but just getting through the dance once with its four figures seems to go through the tune with various numbers of As & Bs: I: AABB then II: AABBB (or is that AABBBB?) then III: AABBBB (or BBBBB?) and IV: AAABBB (or BBBB?). How does any of this except the figures in I fit AABB, and, uh, only 3 times through the tune? (I have yet to refer and analyze the picture of the original Playford description.) Erik Hoffman erik@erikhoffman.com<mailto:erik@erikhoffman.com> From: John Sweeney via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 10:35 AM To: 'Caller's discussion list' <callers@sharedweight.net<mailto:callers@sharedweight.net>> Subject: [Callers] Re: Dances with fewer swings Re " uses the square dance figure Right Hand High, Left Hand Low" Tony does, of course, mean "uses the Right Hand High, Left Hand Low figure from the 1651 dance Pepper's Black" http://playforddances.c External (contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>) INKY is learning...<https://protection.inkyphishfence.com/report?id=bmV0b3JnZnQx… Report This Email<https://protection.inkyphishfence.com/report?id=bmV0b3JnZnQxNTA4MD… FAQ<https://www.inky.com/banner-faq> GoDaddy Advanced Email Security, Powered by INKY<https://www.inky.com/protection-by-inky> Re " uses the square dance figure Right Hand High, Left Hand Low" Tony does, of course, mean "uses the Right Hand High, Left Hand Low figure from the 1651 dance Pepper's Black" http://playforddances.com/dances/peppers-black/<https://shared.outlook.i… It's amazing how old some of these figures really are! :-) :-) Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john@modernjive.com<mailto:john@modernjive.com> 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html<https://shared.outlook.inky.… for Live Music Ceilidhs http://www.contrafusion.co.uk<https://shared.outlook.inky.com/link?domai… for Dancing in Kent http://www.modernjive.com<https://shared.outlook.inky.com/link?domain=ww… for Modern Jive DVDs _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers-leave@lists.sharedweight.net>