Hi Jim, I'd describe the one I linked (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FTuWotf7TQ) as AABB. He's not playing it the same each time through, and parts have various fancy endings, but I still hear AABB.
Jeff On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 12:23 PM jim saxe <jim.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jeff, > > How would you describe the phrase structure of the version of Beaumont Rag > that you just cited? A A B B? A1 A2 B1 B2? A B? Something else? > > In the instructional video > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2Wb6nIjlU > > the narrator begins (0:00-0:39) by playing a similar version of the tune. > At about 1:19, he says, "It's in A B form." At about 2:00 tablature appears > in the upper right corner for what the narrator describes as "measure > number one." The time signature isn't shown, but from the beaming of the > notes, I'd infer that it's 4/4. In any case, each "measure" of music in the > tablature includes what contra dance writers and callers would typically > refer to as "four beats" or "four counts" or "two measures" or "two bars" > of music. > > --Jim > > > On May 2, 2022, at 7:48 AM, Jeff Kaufman via Contra Callers < > contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > > > Here's a common version of Beaumont Rag that's square and well phrased: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FTuWotf7TQ > > > > Jeff > <older merssages snipped> > >
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