3 May
2022
3 May
'22
9:09 a.m.
I think the reason I hear it as AABB is that it has two 32-beat sections:
one that starts on the IV (I think -- I don't have an instrument in front
of me) and one that starts on the I. And each of those sections divides
into two 16-beat sections, each of which start with the same ~8 beats
before diverging.
I learned the tune by dancing to it and playing it, though, so I don't know
how it would typically be written down.
Jeff
On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 4:30 PM jim saxe <jim.saxe(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Jeff,
Based on how I hear the tune with my not-very-musically-educated ears, I
can understand why you might describe it as AABB (with the A and B parts
both having first and second endings). But if you happen to have published
sources for the tune, I'd be interested in knowing whether they notate it
that way.
--Jim
On May 2, 2022, at 10:32 AM, Jeff Kaufman
<jeff(a)alum.swarthmore.edu>
wrote:
Hi Jim,
I'd describe the one I linked (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FTuWotf7TQ)
as AABB. He's not playing
it the same each time through, and parts have various fancy endings, but I
still hear AABB.
Jeff
On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 12:23 PM jim saxe <jim.saxe(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Jeff,
How would you describe the phrase structure of the version of Beaumont
Rag that
you just cited? A A B B? A1 A2 B1 B2? A B? Something else?
In the instructional video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2Wb6nIjlU
the narrator begins (0:00-0:39) by playing a similar version of the
tune. At about
1:19, he says, "It's in A B form." At about 2:00 tablature
appears in the upper right corner for what the narrator describes as
"measure number one." The time signature isn't shown, but from the beaming
of the notes, I'd infer that it's 4/4. In any case, each "measure" of
music
in the tablature includes what contra dance writers and callers would
typically refer to as "four beats" or "four counts" or "two
measures" or
"two bars" of music.
--Jim
> On May 2, 2022, at 7:48 AM, Jeff Kaufman via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Here's a common version of Beaumont Rag that's square and well
phrased: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FTuWotf7TQ
Jeff
<older merssages snipped>