On 2015-10-18 1652, Rich Dempsey via Callers wrote:
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I love the use of shorter sets to bring asymmetric dances out for a
spin. Chestnuts and triplets and triple minors come to mind. In the
circumstance that started this thread, a hearty Chorus Jig sounds like
a win.
Rich
It's nice to
Blues for Contras:
There are several contras made up for the blues. Fred Park made up one
of them, and I've made up three-for various occasions. I don't know that
I'd recommend them for a beginner dance, but they're posted below.
Understanding the structure of the blues, and how it fits into
The structure of a classic blues song is 12 bars long (24 beats). Modern blues
bands do play a lot of tunes that are not in this structure. In any case it
might be interesting to think about contras that are or could be made to be 48
or 72 beats long, rather than 64.
R
Richard Hopkins
On 2015-10-17 2002, Leslie Gotfrit via Callers wrote:
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In any case, I’d be grateful for advice
Leslie Gotfrit
Try it. Maybe.
I worked a Contra series dance with my first (advertised as such) old
time band tonight. The No Jigs thing initially felt a bit unsettling,
however the
With the right cooperation from the band it could work out just fine. I've
called contras to all sorts of music, including Romanian folksongs. But, you
do need to talk with them about the fact that every tune needs to be 32 bars
and of uniform tempo. (And the tempo should be an appropriate
