Hi Dave,
No, I didn’t mean to be that specific. 8s and 16s are fine - it’s the 12/24 that messes it up. (Sorry, I’m a dancer, not a musician, so I think in beats since I don’t really know what a bar is!) (OK, I do really - I play concertina by ear for the Morris, but have no musical training so bars tend to confuse me.)
I now have “Waverley Station - The Phoenix; Traveling West; Spirit of the House” which is fine. Other recommendations are still welcome :-)
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574
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From: Dave Casserly <david.j.casserly@gmail.com>
Sent: 03 January 2020 16:15
To: Amy Cann <acann@putneyschool.org>
Cc: John Sweeney <john@modernjive.com>; contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Re: Recordings of 40 Bar Tunes
As far as Scottish goes, I sent John a recording of a set David Knight put together for Foggy River Reel, which is done to 40-bar tunes. It's usually done as 8-8-8-16 (ABABB or ABABC), though, which doesn't really fit what he's looking for (16-16-16-16-16).
I would imagine there are others on this list who would know of other recordings for Foggy River Reel or other 40-bar SCD reels.
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 10:38 AM Amy Cann via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Have you tried the Scottish repertoire/resources?
On 1/3/20, John Sweeney via Contra Callers
<contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Despite having an extensive collection of music I have
> nothing
> suitable for a 40 bar contra dance.
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>
>
> Please can anyone recommend any good recordings of 40 bars
> and
> 7 to 11 times through? Preferably they should be downloadable
> individually.
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>
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> Thanks.
>
>
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> Happy dancing,
>
> John
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