I've been learning Shetland fiddle tunes recently. There's one aspect of a
lot of the tunes that made me curious: many seem to be 4 bars A (with
repeat) followed by 4 bars B (with repeat) -- half the length of the 32 bar
contradance music that I'm also working on.
Were tunes like "Jack Broke da Prison Door", "Da Caald Nights o Winter",
"Da Galley Watch" etc. played for dancing? If so, does anyone have any
idea what the dances were like?
Most of the contradance music in my part of the world (Georgia, USA) is
Southern Old-Time, with a few bands doing "Celtic-y" pieces. I was
wondering if it might be possible to slip in some Shetland-style tunes, and
would they work in contradance music?
Thoughts or opinions?
Janice in GA
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