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@alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
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> 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
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> On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 12:23 PM jim saxe <jim.saxe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff,
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> 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
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>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2Wb6nIjlU
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> 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
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> > On May 2, 2022, at 7:48 AM, Jeff Kaufman via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> > 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>
>