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Anselm Lingnau

Re: Six-Twenty 2-step

Sept. 18, 2001, 9:20 a.m. (Message 27400, in reply to message 27399)

xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx writes:

> I am doing a bit of background on the 6 20 2step, written by Jimmy
> Shand and  used, I'm told, as his theme song for his radio program.
> I learned it as the tune for White Heather Jig.

Well, as far as I know it wasn't really officially *his* radio program,
although of course at the time Jimmy Shand and Scottish dance music 
were pretty much the same thing :^)

> WHJ is 40 bars with a
> little  tag at the end of the 32 bars.  Can anyone confirm my feeling
> that this  little tag is actually a means to make the music fit the
> dance, and that the  tune actually doesn't contain it. 

If you look at Cosh's book it says

  THE WHITE HEATHER JIG

  To the ADAPTED music of the Six Twenty Two Step. [my emphasis]

  32 bars A + 8 bars. 32 B + 8 bars. 32 C + 8 bars. 32 A + 8 bars.
  Omit 16 bars of A between B and C.

In my experience music directions don't come more detailed than this ...

Anselm
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