John, There is a mistake in the definition of "count." The article says a count is "A count (as used above) is one half of a musical measure, such as one quarter note in 2/4 time or three eighth notes in 6/8 time."
It would be more accurate to say that a count is one "beat" of a measure. For example, in 4/4 time, there would be four counts/beats per measure. There are a number of 4/4 tunes played for contra dances so say that all tunes are 2/4 or 3/8 time is inaccurate. A slightly important mistake is to say that 1 quarter note in 2/4 time is a count/beat. It would be a half note, not a quarter note. Ok, with the exception of that rather minor mistake, the rest of the article seemed pretty accurate to me. The descriptions seemed well-described. One quibble with the definition of a California Twirl. The definition states the convenient hands joined. I think of a California Twirl specifically as the gent's right hand and ladies left hand being joined. I've heard a couple of callers use "Navada Twirl" for the flip situation of having the gent's left hand and ladies right hand joined. I'd be curious to know whether the rest of you use California twirl to mean the more general "convenient" hands or the more specific "gent's right and lady's left." Thanks. Mark Hillegonds Phone: 734-747-7148 Cell: 734-756-8441 Email: mhillego...@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of JD Erskine Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 4:42 PM To: SharedWeight - Callers list Subject: [Callers] Wikipedia Contra choreography entry thoughts Hullo List, Just ran across a Contra dance choreography entry on ye olde Wikipedia. That handy, mildly suspect, group contribution or back-room handled centre for information/ego/slander (pick one). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_dance_choreography It looks fundamentally correct to my less experienced eye and I wonder if anyone on here has already vetted it or at least perused it for validity, which I'd like before recommending it to folks. This is part of a root section on Contra dance which seemingly has more references, though there still seems to be a call for citations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_dance Thanks, John J.D. Erskine Victoria, BC _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list call...@sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
