Please keep checking back we try to add new tunes weekly. Playfords the dancing master is the classic compendium of english country dance tunes. Here is the rtf file which was the source of the pdf. Spuds tunes philadelphia thursday night contra dance. Under the archive on the sidebar on the left is all tunes. Cheery english dances from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in vibrant arrangements from the broadside band. English country dance tunes download ebook pdf, epub. Resources, dance compositions, indices, and the like charlie seeligs amazing links page for contra dance musicians. Volume 1 brighton camp galopede nancys fancy the black nag gathering. Mark gilston english country dance tunes, volume 2. A collection of 436 of the most commonly used english traditional dance tunes for all instruments, with chords included for piano or guitar accompaniment. It contains a copy of the blue and red barnes and allows users to add their own volumes of. Go ahead and get both volumes, and soon enough, you will know all the old english dance tunes, too.
Chords are included for piano or guitar accompaniment, and there is an extensive appendix on accompaniment tips for all the various types of dances. Ironically, north america probably has a more active english country dance scene than england itself does, and the bostoncambridge area may have the most active of all. A compendium of english country dances performed by florida dancers and musicians. The emphasis is on instrumental folk music specifically, contra dance tunes, although some links also include other types of folk music or classical music. Roguery is composed of four highlyversitile veteran musicians that have come together to enchant dancers of ecd and contra. The barnes book of english country dance tunes elderly. Elizabethan dancing in stratforduponavon by jonsyboy. Dl double left step with the left foot, right foot, and left foot, and finally with the right foot to finish with feet closed. John playford 162316867 was a london bookseller, publisher, minor composer, and member of the stationers company, who published books on music theory, instruction books for several instruments, and psalters with tunes for singing in churches. Graded series containing the description of the dances together with the tunes composer sharp, cecil. It contains a copy of the blue and red barnes and allows users to add their own volumes of music by creating zip archives of pdf, gif, tif, and png files.
What follows is the start of a catalog of contra dance music tune books. In 1911 he published the country dance book, part ii. Dont send anybody the address of the pdf file thats generated dynamically and will not be kept on the server. An index to country dance and song society news no. Sharp and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It contains a copy of the blue and red barnes and allows users to add their own volumes of music by creating zip archives of pdf, gif, tif. This was his interpretation of dances published by john playford in the seventeenth century. He is perhaps best known today for his publication of the english dancing master in. Through the 80s and 90s, the undisputed instrumental stars of the local english country.
These range from scans of handwritten melody sketches to multipaged orchestral scores ready to print. Tune collections on the internet bite your own elbow. English country dance tune the redesdale hornpipe duration. The barnes books of english country dance tunes, vols. The pdf file is in zip format youll need to unzip the file after your download is complete. You can also import tunes from your computer or that you have photographed into this app. English country dance for piano childgrove by traditional english country dance tune. Many tunes are online in the tune repository bandleaders should request a logon there to see the hidden tunes. Most of the tunes from sets 311 are taken from the dancing master by john playford. Gents bow, ladies know how 17502015 traditional dance music of the monadnock region of nh duration. Most are traditional tunes from the british isles, including many english, irish, and scottish dance tunes, but others are an eclectic mix of session favourites. Dance tunes found in the barnes book of english country dance tunes, volumes 1, 2, and 3 source for barnes books list which volume the sheet music is in. English country dance steps 1 english country dance steps sl single left step with the left foot and then bring the right foot together to finish with feet closed.
Click download or read online button to get english country dance tunes book now. This is a wonderful collection of old tunes, mostly for english country dance, but theres a lot more, too. A database of the tunes and associated dances in volume three of the barnes book of english country dance tunes with links to dance instruction and further information about many of the dances. Lanes maggot, childgrove, nonesuch, adisonssarabande. He is perhaps best known today for his publication of the english dancing master in 1651. Publication date 192 topics folk dancing, english, countrydance, countrydances piano publisher london novello. Chords are included for piano or guitar accompaniment, and there is an extensive appendix on accompaniment tips for all. Tune collections on the internet these are free collections of tunes in graphic format gif, jpg, pdf, png, or tif andor in abc notation.
Historical celtic, english and american tunes hammered dulcimer friendly and also playable on fiddle, mandolin, tinwhistle, recorder, flute, etc. The initial effort here is going to be primarily directed toward the dances of the boston centre english country dance collection. Mp3s, sheet music and tune books for learning canaan. Anderer leute folkloretanznoten other folks folk dance sheet music. Written for solo instrument piano with a duration of 3 mins.
This is the music that picking of sticks is normally danced to in most parts of. All of the tunes have been carefully selected and now number over 1,200. English country dance boatman toronto frolics in the hey by frolicsinthehey. Or, plaine and easie rules for the dancing of country dances, with the tune to each dance. Contra dans is the name of the houston community band that is open to anyone who would like to play for the contra dances. And you can switch from chords above the staff american style to chords below the stave english style, and print the music in larger type with fewer bars to the line in case your. From the long dance to the country dance, the band s shawms and sackbuts, recorders and hurdygurdies present a series of tuneful, rhythmic pavanes and galliards, branles and canarios, all of which are explained in the detailed booklet. Newcastle english country dancers picking of sticks on tv by brunodale. Though neither is restricted to english tunes, two good sources of english dance tunes are richard robinsons tunebook live. Mendocino english country dance tunebook pdf mendocino english country dance tunebook multipart arrangements pdf multipart arrangements by david brown. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Pauls taken the trouble to score out many of the playford collection in 34 parts, and has done an excellent job at harmonization. English country dance for three couples in a line, recorded by john playford, 1651 tune. English country dance for piano childgrove sheet music pdf file.
At the top of the page is an alphabetical breakdown that serves as a. Credit goes to mike head for starting the original contra dans, coming up with the name, and supplying some of the music that we use. Many of the tunes are from the lamprey river band tunebook. Tune collections on the internet a big ol list o links of tunes in gif, jpg, pdf, tif and abc format. In this portion of the nh country dance web site i present a sizable collection of fiddle tunes. Cecil sharp english country dance tunebooks cecil sharps original piano arrangements of english country dance and morris tunes from playfords the english dancing master. Some tunes may be in keys other than what is currently popular.
Containing the description of the dances together with the tunes by cecil j. First published in 1651 it went through eighteen editions in almost 80 years. Click on all tunes to open up the list of tune titles in the tta arranged in alphabetical order, 200 titles to a page. Be patient these files take a little while to load. More details here, including sheet music for lots of dances. Elements of english country dance by hugh stewart contains comprehensive. Jacks healthjacob halls jigs english country dance tunes duration. With your purchase, well email you a link so that you may download the pdf version of your new book. Peter rogers country dance index, 3rd edition 1986 barnes three database. Most are new england or canadian french and english. To look for more scots, english or irish tunes by country, check the origin list. Scroll down right column for the ithaca yfn tuneset. Other submissions are certainly welcome, but please be patient as it may take some time to get them posted.
Set 1 brighton camp galopede the ribbon dance the butterfly we wont go home speed the plough pop goes the weasle the flowers of edinburgh over the hills to glory set 2 nancys fancy. This is a collection of 426 of the most commonly used english traditional dance tunes, for all instruments. Their arrangements range from strictly traditional to soaring flights of imagination and improvisation. Its building into an interesting collection of tunes were at no. There are also numerous accounts, written and illustrated, of this tradition, english country dance. This described 18 dances he had collected during his travels in search of folksongs and morris and sword dances. We have scanned into pdf format original editions of cecil sharps publications printed in 1912. The round english country dance club have a folk music index which is an index to dance tunes on the web in various formats.
The others are tunes ive learned and liked from a variety of sources. Sr single right as above, but start with the right foot. Newcastle english country dancers chestnut by brunodale. Pickup band princeton country dancers united states.
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