I think the reason I hear it as AABB is that it has two 32-beat sections: one that starts on the IV (I think -- I don't have an instrument in front of me) and one that starts on the I. And each of those sections divides into two 16-beat sections, each of which start with the same ~8 beats before diverging.
I learned the tune by dancing to it and playing it, though, so I don't know how it would typically be written down. Jeff On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 4:30 PM jim saxe <jim.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jeff, > > Based on how I hear the tune with my not-very-musically-educated ears, I > can understand why you might describe it as AABB (with the A and B parts > both having first and second endings). But if you happen to have published > sources for the tune, I'd be interested in knowing whether they notate it > that way. > > --Jim > > > On May 2, 2022, at 10:32 AM, Jeff Kaufman <j...@alum.swarthmore.edu> > wrote: > > > > 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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