Adam a Bell is a glorious version of a grand tune - well chosen Julia! Fits well on NSP in the Dixon version too. Obviously get it back into G first. I love the strain with a 4-beat 2+2+2+3 rhythm - very funky for the 1730's.
John ________________________________________ From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of John Dally [dir...@gmail.com] Sent: 29 February 2012 05:52 To: NSP group Subject: [NSP] March 2012 TOTM: "Adam a Bell" selected by Julia Say Many thanks to Julia Say for selecting a classic tune for March. Julia writes: William Dixon's "Adam a Bell" and its tune family - through the Peacock "My Dearie sits ower late up" (and the similar but not identical one in Clough). If any new players find these too intimidating there's a 2 strain version in the NPS first tunebook. Its an old tune whose title commemorates an even older event in West Border history - see the ballad of the same name. Dixon's version has 9 strains, Peacock's 5 - I'm sure others must have extended these or inserted strains of their own to suit their own taste for inventiveness. It would be interesting to hear the latest additions. I'm also interested in the different rhythmic emphasis occasioned by the 9/4 or 9/8 time signatures. It goes on both BP and nsp: if anyone wants a transposition of Dixon's version into G for nsp, I can supply either appropriate abc or "the dots". I might even try to find the time to fire up my own recorder and register on soundcloud. Mind...I did say "try"! -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html