Fidjit, It's an unusual dance in that it's for six people, two triplets, each triplet being a man and two women. A quadrille is for 4 couples arranged in a square and is a much later dance for than this. The tune published by Playford is a jig. It has two parts, A and B. The A part is 4 bars repeated so 8 bars in total. The B part is 8 bars repeated so 16 bars in total. The tune in ABC notation is - X: 1 T:Confesse, his tune M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:105 R:Jig K:GAeol G2A B2c|d2d d2d|e3 d2d|g3 ^f3:|: a2f b2g|af2 d2e|fd2 c2d|dc2 d3|B2c d>ed|ed2 c3|d2g ^f2g|a^f2 g3:|| Howard Mitchell www.stradivarious.co.uk
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