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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2010, 03:46:25 PM »

Bouncy jigs, reels nice waltzes, some polkas etc. are great.

All mine come into that category too, (plus some rants which are a local delicacy) and all are good dance tunes some of which have been lifting people  out of their seats and onto the dance floor for a century or two, so there must be something good about them!

I love George's list too and will be pinching some immediately.   Lilly the Pink for Gay Gordons to start with!
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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2010, 05:18:24 PM »

Lilly the Pink for Gay Gordons to start with!


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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #22 on: June 24, 2010, 03:58:04 AM »

I wonder if Lilly the Pink would work for morris or not. It already has the slows built-in. ;)
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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #23 on: June 24, 2010, 06:54:16 AM »

I wonder if Lilly the Pink would work for morris or not. It already has the slows built-in. ;)

I went looking for Lily the Pink and did not find it.  The closest I could come was Lily the Pict!  Anybody got an abc file???
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« Reply #24 on: June 24, 2010, 07:00:08 AM »

Found this, plays all right in ABC Nav but looks odd, when I have more time I will fix it but the notes are all correct as far as I can tell.

X: 135
T:Lily The Pink
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
AA2G|F3 F3-F2G AGF|E3 E6 E2F|
G3 B3 A3 G3|(F2d A3-A3)A2G|
F3 F3-F2A AGF|E3 E6 E2F|
G6-G2G F2E|D6-D2||
(A4-|A6-A6|G6-G6)|
F2F F2F F2A AGF|E2E E2E E2E E2F|
G6-G2B A2G|(F2d A3-A2)A A2G|
F3 F3-F2A AGF|E3 E3-E2E E2F|
G3 G3-G2G F2E|D6-D2||

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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #25 on: June 24, 2010, 07:35:13 AM »

I'd hazard a guess that "most Brits" have no idea at all what a Polka might be, but may have vaguely heard of a waltz.  I'm talking mainstream here, Chris, I thing you were thinking of the folky sub-culture?

Apart from the 'revivals' (last one was 1950/60s) folk has always been a sub culture. During my Paris romance there were weekends when we could barely find a 'bal folk' across what is quite a large city. Nor can your mainstream continental polka or waltz.  So it isn't just Britain. The World moves on.
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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #26 on: June 24, 2010, 09:03:13 AM »

I wonder if Lilly the Pink would work for morris or not. It already has the slows built-in. ;)

It works very well for some north west

another  tune I play for ceilidhs is the skiffle tune Sweeet  sixteen (putting on the agony) as played by lonne donegan et al.  The trick when aadapting such tunes is to start with a known suitable tune to establish the rhythm and continue straight into the 'new,' tune & then back into a known tune to double check the rhythm & timing - all being well it should be seemless.

try winster gallop - sweet sixteen - jamie allen!

I also sometimes stick the happy wanderer in ( usually as a last tune in a circassian circle set at end of evening when a reasonable degree of inebriation has been reached - it always goes down well.

george- playing  tunes the buggers know! ;D
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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #27 on: June 24, 2010, 12:30:13 PM »

I know an old lady who has always played "Knees up Mother Brown" for "Newcastle"!  :|||:
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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #28 on: June 24, 2010, 02:07:49 PM »

tunes we use regularly include blaydon races,

We use Blaydon Races regularly too,  but for some reason it never goes down well at gigs in Sunderland  ???
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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #29 on: June 24, 2010, 03:02:59 PM »

tunes we use regularly include blaydon races,

We use Blaydon Races regularly too,  but for some reason it never goes down well at gigs in Sunderland  ???
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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #30 on: June 24, 2010, 10:25:53 PM »

Found this, plays all right in ABC Nav but looks odd, when I have more time I will fix it but the notes are all correct as far as I can tell.

Thanks.  Where was it???  BTW.  Looks like a march tune with some strange "stops" along the way.
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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #31 on: June 25, 2010, 08:34:23 AM »

Found this, plays all right in ABC Nav but looks odd, when I have more time I will fix it but the notes are all correct as far as I can tell.

Thanks.  Where was it???  BTW.  Looks like a march tune with some strange "stops" along the way.


Typed "Liliy the Pink ABC" into Google
First link was to the Lyrics on Mudcat
Followed link
Scrolled down
Lo and Behold

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Re: Appropriate or most popular tunes for ceilidhs, barn dances, etc..
« Reply #32 on: June 25, 2010, 01:29:32 PM »

I know an old lady who has always played "Knees up Mother Brown" for "Newcastle"!  :|||:


Here at Bunnies from Hell we use 'Run rabbit, run for the Lichfield hey in Randalls of Hammersmith. You should see the look on guest musicians faces. ;)
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« Reply #33 on: June 25, 2010, 10:47:42 PM »

If your dancing gear hasn't shocked 'em enough!  :|bl
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