Re: Triple Minor Progression

On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 21:58:44 +0000 (UTC), Chris J Brady chrisjbrady(a)yahoo.com [trad-dance-callers] wrote: If you're talking about the notation of the College Hornpipe at the bottom of the page, I don't think it makes sense. The final move - "The three couples whole pousette" - I take to mean a half poussette at the top (to 2-1-3) and then a half poussette at the bottom (to 2-3-1). He says this leaves the second couple at the top, and the next paragraph starts: "The original top couple being now in the third place..." That's a double progression, which in my opinion cannot work in a triple minor. But notice that in his description of the second turn of the dance he says: "Tune ends, the original top couple being in the original fourth couple's place". That is (somehow) a single progression, and I agree that in this case the new top couple can start the dance with the two couples below them. But I don't believe there was ever a traditional dance which alternated between double and triple progression. They didn't have a caller to remind them which turn was which, and there would have been complete chaos! Colin Hume Email colin(a)colinhume.com Web site http://colinhume.com