Re: Contra Callers Digest, Vol 93, Issue 3 Tune for Handshake Contra - Contra Callers

25 Mar 2022

I'm trying to understand exactly what you want.  Some "beats" look to be 
longer than others in your outline.  In the following abc-notation style 
text score, "|" indicates a measure boundry, "s" indicates hand
shaking 
and "x" indicates other notes/actions.  Each note is followed by a 
length - 1=quarter note, 2=half note, 4=whole note.

Were you thinking of something like this:

s1 s1 s2 | s1 s1 s2 | x4 | x4 | x1 x1 x1 x1 |

Contra tunes are typically written in 2/2 time - two beats per measure.  
In the first measure above, "s1 s1" consumes one beat, and "s2" is the

second beat.

What's the rest of the dance?

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 1. Re: Looking for a Tune (Susan English)
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 From: Susan English &lt;senglish(a)umich.edu&gt;
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 I would find a danceable tune and modify the dance to fit the tune. Or you
 can think of a song or create words for the dancers to say and do the 
 dance
 without music. Susan

 On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 8:06 PM Linda S. Mrosko via Contra Callers <
 contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

> Can anyone think of a recorded danceable tune that would fit the 
> following
> A1 opening?
>
> Shake R hands with P 1 _ 2 _ 1-2-3-4 (8 beats)
>
> I've listened to so many tunes that my brain is fried.
> Many thanks.
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