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Monk's March

12 (25%)

Four Up

5 (10.4%)

Midnight on the Water

15 (31.3%)

Young Damon's Flight

16 (33.3%)

Total Members Voted: 48

Voting closed: April 01, 2014, 12:47:41 AM

[Clive Williams]

Here we are again folks - vote away!

First, last month's runner up, Monks' March - a morris dance tune from Sherborne; did you think we'd done them all? Nope, there's this fine tune:  http://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/tune-115-monks-march.html

Next, Four Up - a much more modern dance tune, written by Barry Goodman, and here played by the indomitable Lester: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb0491l8xXo

Midnight on the Water - let's try this again. Lester, is there a tune you haven't played? I swear I'm not just lazily looking down your blog (as I might have done in previous months) - it's just that you've recorded every tune I want to use! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4syzDkUzhBE - not traditional as often thought, this was written by Luke Thomasson

Young Damon's Flight - something a little more unusual, here played by Boldwood, first tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrsse_uCZSo (I think some ABC might be helpful with this one!)

There you go folks, happy voting!

Clive

[Ollie]

Dots for Young Damon's Flight here - http://folkmusicnotes.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/young-damons-flight.png

ABC

X:1
T:Young Damon's Flight
C:Nathaniel Kynaston
B:The Dancing Master Vol.2, pub. 1718 (John Young)
Z:Transcribed by Ollie King from the recording by Boldwood (Mudlarking, 2012)
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:Bm
P:A
|:f2c dcB f2c|e2c dcB c2F|Fdc EcB DGF|EDC B,DF B3:|
P:B
f2d fga efg|fgf efd cde|f2 a fdc BAG|F2d Edc d2 c|
d2f c2f B2F|Bcd efd cde|fbg eaf dge|fbc c2 B B3||

Also, slightly clearer (and slower) soundfile of Boldwood playing it here - https://soundcloud.com/boldwood/01-young-damons-flight 

[Clive Williams]

Blimey, is that all it is? The Boldwood version sounded *way* more complex! Thanks for the dots Ollie!

[Ollie]

Yup! Obviously Boldwood's arrangement is pretty complex, but it's a fairly simple tune at heart. It does have its tricky corners though!

[Rog]

the vote this month is like one of those fairground horse races, jittering towards the finish line..then suddenly the two front runners are overtaken ....

[Ollie]

Ooh, a tie!

[Clive Williams]

Come on, someone break the deadlock! Still 25 mins to run!

[Spikey]

Or we could just go for the one in 3rd place to save any arguments