Alan Day Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Alan - it sounds great and has loads of lift which is perfect to dance to. I play it on EC for a local Morris side and don't get anything like the lift that you give it!AL Thank you Al for that compliment.It is interesting as the majority of it is played using accidentals,so it is mostly on the push or the pull,exactly what you have. So the lift you describe is from the emphasis on certain notes using more bellows power,or a shortened note. There is no reason why you cannot duplicate this on your EC. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Listening to the recording again I think I will check my tuning tomorrow a couple of those notes sound a bit dodgy to me. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Gotta get more buttons! Not more buttons, Jim, different layout Robin (Nice playing on Billy Minor; never heard it before ) Not surprising. I was just noodling while the foreman was figuring out a new dance. He liked the noodling and said "we'll use that." Fooling with major/minor stuff is entertaining and sometimes produces good music ( and often just silly music). We do different dances to Cuckoo's Nest in minor and major. Keeps us on our toes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick King Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 "Constant Billy" just played for a tune not to dance to.One of my all time favourite Morris tunes Al Sorry initially the wrong tune OK now (two No 19s) Love it; really good. Would you have the sheet-music for anyone who might want to learnt it? Cheers, Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 "Constant Billy" just played for a tune not to dance to.One of my all time favourite Morris tunes Al Sorry initially the wrong tune OK now (two No 19s) Love it; really good. Would you have the sheet-music for anyone who might want to learnt it? Cheers, Patrick Sorry Patrick I have no dots for this tune but it is a famous Morris Dance tune so it should be easy to find. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Rogers Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 The Adderbury version (there's a Headington one, too) is on here: http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/morris/music/abclib.html This is in ABC format, but it says that all web browsers can be configured to display ABC files as sheet music. I don't read dots, so I can't comment on how that's actually done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindizzy Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) The Adderbury version (there's a Headington one, too) is on here: http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/morris/music/abclib.html This is in ABC format, but it says that all web browsers can be configured to display ABC files as sheet music. I don't read dots, so I can't comment on how that's actually done. Cut and paste the ABC to the the amazing Concertina net ABC convert-a-matic HERE Then you can hear the tune as a MIDI (synthesiser) or get a good quality printable PDF version of the dots. Edited June 8, 2009 by spindizzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 there is a book called a selection of 100 English folk dance airs for melodic instruments, edited by Maud Karpeles and Kenworthy Schofield, originally published by EFDSS. this contains the Adderbury version in G and in A. According to my now tattered copy, it was published by Hargail music Press, 28 West 38th Street, New York. NY10018. I believe I got my copy from a stall at a festival years ago. - John Wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haimson Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 I searched for "100 folk dance airs karpeles schofield" and immediately found: A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs - Google Books Result And there it is, Constant Billy (Adderbury) in G (page 37) and in A (page 59). Looks like the book is readily available, too. David Haimson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dunk Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Lionel Bacon's famous 'Black Book' of morris tunes (including Adderbury Constant Billy) is available in abc format. Black Book. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB-R Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Really enjoyed it Alan, lovely moving bass against the tune, but without losing the "lift." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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