Re: [scots-l] tunes that aren't in 8 bars

[Steve Wyrick]

Anselm Lingnau wrote:

> 
> There are two fairly well-known (recent) Scottish country dances by Hugh
> Foss which use non-8-bar phrases. One is The Wee Cooper of Fife, written
> in 10-bar phrases to the song of the same name...

This dance is especially entertaining when the musicians don't have the
right music and figure any 40-bar jig will do... 5 8-bar phrases don't equal
4 10-bar phrases!
-- 
Steve Wyrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Concord, CA

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