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"!
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