Re: Music for Redwing

John Sweeney asked: for the Redwing square dance? and Rich Sbardella repliedL I'll add: Are you looking for a recording suitable for use at a dance without editing (dance length, dance tempo, maybe an intro to help get your calling off to a clean start)? Or are you looking for some to practice calling to at home, even if it's not full length? Or something musicians can listen to as an example of a danceable rendition, even if you're going to have them play it more times through and maybe double on of the parts at an actual dance? I think finding listenable instrumentals won't be hard, at least for the 32-bar version. Finding a instrumental recording that you can use as is for calling the 48-bar version of the dance seems like a tall order unless someone happens to know of one made for that purpose. Note, by the way, that 48-bar version with the dip-and-dive figure is sometimes called with an intro and possibly middle break and ending, of different length. For example, in this recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ABJca4GO8Q the main figure is 48 bars (32 bars of A music plus 16 bars of B), but the intro, middle break, and ending are just 16 bars (B music only), so that the overall pattern is B AAB AAB B AAB AAB B where the A and B parts are each 16 bars long (in contrast to the usual 8-bar length for parts of a contra tune/dance). I've also seen versions of the dance described with the structure AB AAB AAB AAB AAB AAB AAB (32-bar intro; 48-bar main figures, middle break, and ending) and I think also one with the structure AB AAB AAB AB AAB AAN AB . It would be surprising if someone without such a dance structure in mind just happened to publish a recording of "Redwing" fitting one of those patterns. --Jim