2 May
2022
2 May
'22
4:30 p.m.
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
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