Just a funny phenomenon brought to mind by Alan's good advice, quoted here:
> Hmm. Do you pay attention to the music when you're dancing? Do you know
> where
> you are in the tune when you're on the floor? You kinda need for that to be
> second nature - something you don't have to spend conscious brain cycles on.
As someone who listens to trad music a lot, I can say Alan's point is the case
for me (as a caller, dancer, music-appreciator, occasional hack musician.) I
just "know" which part is the A and which is the B - kind of like autopilot.
In fact I think I probably more reliably know automatically where I am in the
music than where I am in the dance sequence.
And it's HUGELY helpful to me as a caller.
But once in a great while there is a tune that just 'sounds backward.' The A
sounds to me like it's the B, and vice versa. I have no idea why this is true,
but it definitely is a phenomenon for me. Inevitably I am thrown off track by
those tunes, and sometimes do something wrong as a consequence (prompt wrong
call, give band signals midway thru the A1, start dancing the wrong thing, etc.)
Anyone else have this experience? Anyone know what might make a given part of
the tune sound "A-ish" or "B-ish"? And perhaps more to the point, does anyone
even want to spend bandwidth pondering these questions?? ;)
Chrissy Fowler
Belfast, ME
