Two sources of contra dance tunes that many dance musician should have are probably these:
1. The Portland collection: http://www.theportlandcollection.com/ And, 2. Bob McQuillen's tune books: http://www.greatmeadowmusic.com/teach.html Rich Hart. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Leslie Gotfrit <lgotf...@me.com> wrote: > My teen daughter plays in a performing fiddle group. I sometimes call family > dances using the group. The director asked me 1. to suggest some tunes she > could teach the group that would be ideal for contras 2. what makes a tune or > medley of tunes work well for contras. (There are lots in their repertoire > that seems to work for "Southern" squares or big circle dances). Besides > being square, 32 bar tunes with A parts distinguishable from B, what makes a > great contra tune? I like dancing to medleys where the second tune picks up > the energy: how is that accomplished? Can anyone suggest a couple of tunes > and (perhaps which recording of it) that are essential to a contra music > repertoire? > > Thanks very much to those who responded to my question about determining > space for contra dancing. It was incredibly helpful and I learned something > new from each response. > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
