Jim Besser Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Looking for a jig, preferably English, for a Northwest Morris dance set. The figure is very smooth, so I'm looking for a very smooth sounding jig, not something chunky. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 "Old 95" and "The Railway" are both good NW morris tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedK Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Maybe "The Roman Wall"? https://thesession.org/tunes/4802 Please ignore the squabbling on the session website, this tune is definitely part of the Northumbrian/North East tradition- even if it may also crop up in Ireland. I have it on good authority that it works well for Rapper, so I would think it would work well for a "smooth" dance of another sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Maybe "The Roman Wall"? https://thesession.org/tunes/4802 Please ignore the squabbling on the session website, this tune is definitely part of the Northumbrian/North East tradition- even if it may also crop up in Ireland. I have it on good authority that it works well for Rapper, so I would think it would work well for a "smooth" dance of another sort. Thanks. Roman Wall is great, but I already use it for another Northwest Morris set - and I try not to use the same tunes for different dances! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mansfield Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 How about John Kirkpatrick's 'Jump At The Sun'? Hours of entertainment to be had from the various versions, mis-hearings, and mis-namings at https://thesession.org/tunes/736- without playing through all the many versions I'd say that version 2 there is probably closest to what JK actually wrote, although you might (as we do) want to transpose it to Em if two-row melodeons are going to be involved. Smoothness is, of course, as much in the playing as in the notes of the tune, but if Roman Wall is close to what you're after Jump At The Sun should do the business (and has some funky accidentals to boot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Excellent a tune though it is, I really can't see "Jump At The Sun" as a NW Morris tune. You're really looking for a tune that's closer to a 2-step or a 6/8 march than a jig. But then, I could be wrong - I've only been playing for morris for about 45 years......... Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Morgan Rattler starts nice and smooth (or can be played that way) but I guess the B gets pretty chunky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Kruskal Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 The Moon And Seven Stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 How about John Kirkpatrick's 'Jump At The Sun'? Hours of entertainment to be had from the various versions, mis-hearings, and mis-namings at https://thesession.org/tunes/736- without playing through all the many versions I'd say that version 2 there is probably closest to what JK actually wrote, although you might (as we do) want to transpose it to Em if two-row melodeons are going to be involved. Smoothness is, of course, as much in the playing as in the notes of the tune, but if Roman Wall is close to what you're after Jump At The Sun should do the business (and has some funky accidentals to boot). Great tune, I sometimes play it for a Border Morris group and for contra dances. In Em, which plays easier than Gm, although I really like the sound of Gm. I should go thru John K's tunebook - there are SO many great tunes of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 The Moon And Seven Stars Good one! I was also thinking of the Old Favorite, although I think it's Irish, not English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Kruskal Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 or this fine thing. Fourpence Halfpenny Farthing https://thesession.org/tunes/13591 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill N Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 That's a great tune Jody, and if you need another Jim, it pairs well with Guilford Assembly. Smooth as a baby's bum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The Moon And Seven Stars Excellent choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Kruskal Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Don't confuse it with the ECD Fourpence Ha’penny Farthing That's a different tune. It's this one: https://thesession.org/tunes/13591 And one thing that makes it so good is in the B part, with that big G chord in measure 4. Hmmmmm. Edited February 25, 2015 by Jody Kruskal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedK Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The Moon And Seven Stars Good one! I was also thinking of the Old Favorite, although I think it's Irish, not English. It appears in several 18th-19th century manuscript tune books from all over England, so I would say it definitely qualifies as English! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The Moon And Seven Stars Good one! I was also thinking of the Old Favorite, although I think it's Irish, not English. It appears in several 18th-19th century manuscript tune books from all over England, so I would say it definitely qualifies as English! As long as we may name it "Old Favourite"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Harrison Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Hi Jim..................not sure if these are smooth or not but they have a definitw NW feel about them. Egg'n Cabbage & Melody Iron I heard a snippet on Youtube played by Keith Kendrick and found the set on one of his CD's. We now play them in our Toronto English session. Also look at...... Falmouth Assembly & Creampot In spite of the name, Falmouth Assembly just screams NW at me; Creampot not so much but it is a great tune also played in our session. Hope they help. Robin 25_Falmouth Assembly & Creampot.pdf 55_Egg and Cabbage & Melody Iron.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Hi Jim..................not sure if these are smooth or not but they have a definitw NW feel about them. Egg'n Cabbage & Melody Iron I heard a snippet on Youtube played by Keith Kendrick and found the set on one of his CD's. We now play them in our Toronto English session. Also look at...... Falmouth Assembly & Creampot In spite of the name, Falmouth Assembly just screams NW at me; Creampot not so much but it is a great tune also played in our session. Hope they help. Robin Good ones, Robin. I've played Falmouth, not the others. I'm also thinking Oyster Girl would work well in this particular set. Think I'll try out a bunch of different tunes on the Ladies when next we rehearse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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