24 Oct
2012
24 Oct
'12
1:36 a.m.
Two sources of contra dance tunes that many dance musician should have
are probably these:
1. The Portland collection: http://www.theportlandcollection.com/
And, 2. Bob McQuillen's tune books: http://www.greatmeadowmusic.com/teach.html
Rich Hart.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Leslie Gotfrit <lgotfrit(a)me.com> wrote:
My teen daughter plays in a performing fiddle group. I
sometimes call family dances using the group. The director asked me 1. to suggest some
tunes she could teach the group that would be ideal for contras 2. what makes a tune or
medley of tunes work well for contras. (There are lots in their repertoire that seems to
work for "Southern" squares or big circle dances). Besides being square, 32 bar
tunes with A parts distinguishable from B, what makes a great contra tune? I like dancing
to medleys where the second tune picks up the energy: how is that accomplished? Can anyone
suggest a couple of tunes and (perhaps which recording of it) that are essential to a
contra music repertoire?
Thanks very much to those who responded to my question about determining space for contra
dancing. It was incredibly helpful and I learned something new from each response.
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