Message: 2 Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:46:50 -0400 From: "Chris Weiler (home)" &lt;chris.weiler(a)weirdtable.org&gt; Subject: Re: [Callers] 40 bar dances Thanks for posting this Chris. It is a great tune. But I clearly have some bars to beat/count confusion going. I count this tune as follows: A1: 8, 8 A2: 8, 8 B1: 8, 16 B2: 8, 16 David Millstone made a comment <and no wiping of egg required> that the Cherokee Shuffle tune in the B part is 10 bars long, not 12. But if I count it as.. A1: 8, 8 A2: 8, 8 B1: 8, 12 B2: 8, 12 How do I get to the 10 bars??? Is it 8 + 12 = 20 / 2 = 10 bars?? Is that the conversion?? "30 year Jig" would be 8 + 16 = 24 / 2 = 12 bars.... So, are straight contra dance tunes 32 bar tunes ? (8 + 8 = 16 / 2 = 8 * 4 = 32). If my conversion theory is correct, that would make Cherokee Shuffle a 36 bar tune, and 30 Year Jig a 40 bar tune. Am I understanding this correctly? I'm so *not* a math or music theory head! But I suspect that bands would prefer me to say I need an [N] bar tune rather than trying to describe what I mean in beats/counts. And I really hadn't meant to start the beat vs. count vs. bar discussion again. I just didn't get it the first time. Thanks, Bev _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers