Then there are some Irish music lovers, like me, that find themselves singing the words
to the tunes while my "Scottish" feet do the SCD steps! Donna
John Chambers wrote:
> | Regarding dances fitting music, unfortunately there are very few tunes that
> | have an ABBA pattern.
>
> One source of a lot of tunes in this form is Ireland. There are a lot
> of Irish ballads that will work as dance tunes, typically either
> march or jig rhythms. For example, Roddy McCorley is a well-known
> tune in this form. Consult any book of Irish songs for lots of other
> examples. Of course, you'll have to play them at SCD tempo rather
> than ballad tempo, but thats usually not much of a stretch. (The
> dancers don't have to know that you're using Irish tunes. ;-)
>
> X: 1
> T: Roddy McCorley
> O: Trad
> M: 4/4
> L: 1/4
> K: D
> de [| "D"f2 ef | A2 de | "Bm"f3 e | d3 c | "G"B2 d2 | "A7"d2 e2 | "D"d4- | d2 |]
> fg |: "D"a2 a2 | a2 fa | "G"b2 b2 | "D"a2 fe | "Bm"d2 B2 | "Em"g3 f | "A7"e4- | e2 :|
> de [| "D"f2 ef | A2 de | "Bm"f3 e | d3 c | "G"B2 d2 | "A7"d2 e2 | "D"d4- | d2 |]
>
> --
> John Chambers <jc@minya.ne.mediaone.net>
