Geoff W. Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Three tunes, two of them from Adrian Brown's excellent book and one of them from Gary Coover's newest John Watcham book. I'm definitely still learning rhythm consistency and keeping the left hand sounding clean compared to the right hand, but these were a lot of fun to learn. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Great work, Geoffrey! I'd seen the first two on IG and unfortunately the third won't play - it tells me I haven't been granted access. LJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff W. Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Just now, Little John said: Great work, Geoffrey! I'd seen the first two on IG and unfortunately the third won't play - it tells me I haven't been granted access. LJ Thanks for listening! I should edit the post, I removed the third as I realized I goofed the audio recording and it sounded really blown out. I need to re-do it and re-upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncopepper Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Some years ago I went to Philadelphia for the Mummer's Parade and while there, visited the historic Arch Street Quaker Meeting House. I had an interesting conversation with one of the meeting house Clerks who are administrators in leu of clergy. During our conversation I asked him if he was familiar with Sydney Carter? In answer he reached around me, pulled a hymnal out of the pew, and opened it to "Walk in The Light" which Sydney composed using, "a traditional folk tune" as is explained in Quaker literature. When I told him the tune Sydney used was "Moncks March" and the military record of General Monck for which it was named he was both beguiled and appalled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Those who dance to Cecil Sharp’s reconstructions of Playford dances will recognize Jack Pudding as the tune to the dance “Step Stately.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Smith Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 9/30/2020 at 11:41 PM, Syncopepper said: Some years ago I went to Philadelphia for the Mummer's Parade and while there, visited the historic Arch Street Quaker Meeting House. I had an interesting conversation with one of the meeting house Clerks who are administrators in leu of clergy. During our conversation I asked him if he was familiar with Sydney Carter? In answer he reached around me, pulled a hymnal out of the pew, and opened it to "Walk in The Light" which Sydney composed using, "a traditional folk tune" as is explained in Quaker literature. When I told him the tune Sydney used was "Moncks March" and the military record of General Monck for which it was named he was both beguiled and appalled. When I first heard Moncks March, it reminded me of a hymn I sang in my youth in the UK (in Boys Brigade). The tune was called 'The Staff of Faith' and described as a 'Traditional Swiss Melody arranged by F B Westbrook'. The words of the hymn began 'My faith it is an oaken staff'. Does anyone else recognise this? A quick search did not come up with the Sydney Carter tune mentioned above - but he's most famous for Lord of the Dance (assuming its the same Sydney Carter) & adapting the tune 'Simple Gifts'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 10/4/2020 at 1:54 PM, David Barnert said: Those who dance to Cecil Sharp’s reconstructions of Playford dances will recognize Jack Pudding as the tune to the dance “Step Stately.” Thanks for that! It explains why I couldn't find it in any of my usual sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 9 hours ago, Little John said: Thanks for that! It explains why I couldn't find it in any of my usual sources. You’re welcome! I know “The Barnes Book of English Country Dance Tunes” is more popular here in the USA than in England, but if you happen to have a copy of volume 1 (the blue one) around, it’s on the top of page 132 (with both names): Step Stately (Jack Pudding) 1651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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