The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135364 Message #3088759
Posted By: Tootler
04-Feb-11 - 03:04 PM
Thread Name: Our Eightsome Reel set
Subject: RE: Our Eightsome Reel set
You might be interested in this set from "Kerr's Modern Dance Album" which dates from the last quarter of the nineteenth century:
There are eight tunes alternating between the keys of A and D
Speed the Plough (A, 5 times + first 8 bars) The Wind that Shakes the Barley (D, 3 times) Mrs McLeod's Reel (A, 3 times) Fairy Dance (D. 3 times) The De'il Amang the Tailors" (A, 3 times) Clean Pea Strae (D, 3 times) The Mason's Apron (A, 3 times) Soldier's Joy (D, 5 times + first 8 bars)
I noticed that all the tunes were marked without repeats though there were double bar lines between the A and B parts. variant endings in some tunes (always marked "1st & 2nd times" then "3rd time") make it clear that the tunes are all to be played without repeats ie AB not AABB.