Steve Wyrick wrote: > ...Laurieston and the other 3 tunes from this book are all name tunes > for Foss' dance Cairn Edward Jig. This dance is a 24-bar 3-couple > jig which is unusual in that like the tune it's comprised of 3-bar > figures. I don't know of any other dance written this way...
Could the eightsome reel benefit from specially written measured tunes? It's just that whenever I've played for it we've played a series of reels AABBAB, giving 24 bars - it's difficult when you're not used to it! Would 12-bar reels played make sense from the dancer's point of view? I really mean would it make any difference to the dancers? Confuse the heck out of the musicians! X:384 T:Fairy Dance, The C:Apologies to Nathaniel Gow Z:Nigel Gatherer M:4/4 L:1/8 K:D de | f2 fd cdeg | f2 fd gfed | cABc d2 :| fg | a2 ba gfge | fefd B2 ge | cABc defg | a2 ba gfge | fefd B2 ge | cABc d2 |] -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html