Let's try that again with the link included. Here's a 40-bar singing square from the 1950s. It's only 6 times through, but it's in five 8-bar phrases (two in the "A" part, three in the "B"). https://archive.org/details/78_banjo-pickers-ball_schroeders-playboys-jerry-allen-mr-banjo-jad-paul-freddy-mor_gbia0024730a
Tony Parkes Billerica, Massachusetts, USA -----Original Message----- From: Amy Cann via Contra Callers <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 1:48 PM To: John Sweeney <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: [Callers] Re: Recordings of 40 Bar Tunes I'm going to head off-list and talk to my friend Norb Spencer, accordionist extraordinaire, major tune-hound, and player of all three likely-to-be-not-32 genres (Oldtime, Fr.C, and Scottish). Watch this space... On 1/3/20, John Sweeney via Contra Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Amy, > You asked about the 40-bar dance. > > The dance I am currently working on is " Ladies Walk Around Their > Contra " > http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/FormationsDances.html#LadiesWalk > > I was at a dance on New Year's Eve where it was called and realised > it was a new formation for me. It is a Becket dance for Trios > (Lady-Man-Lady). It is Formation #102 at > http://contrafusion.co.uk/Formations.html > > I don't know who wrote it. Does anyone know? > > A good 40-bar tune will also be useful for: > "Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman > http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=5030 > “Apple Pie Quadrille” by Ron Beeson > http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12522 > "Not So Solitary" by me (Nine dancers in a 3x3 grid doing lots of > Heys) > > Thanks. > > Happy dancing, > John > > John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected] 01233 625 362 & 07802 > 940 574 > http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs > http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent > http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
