The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #31720   Message #413527
Posted By: bill\sables
08-Mar-01 - 03:08 PM
Thread Name: Recommended Session Tunes
Subject: RE: Recommended Session Tunes
Good idea Jeri, but as Snuffy says it would have to be catigorised. I mentioned in an earlier thread that the sessions in my area differ in their tune content. We at the JUG play a mixture of English morris, Irish, Scotish and the occasional American tunes depending who is in on the night. I have noticed in the USA you play a different set most of which I have never heard played in the UK, or an American version of the tune we play. To give an example St. Annes Reel in the UK is not exactly the same as the one played in Canada and theirs is not exactly the same as you play in the USA. If we in England play different tunes in an area within a few miles of York I would think America would have a vast difference depending on the region and who settled in that particular area.
Cheers Bill