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Volleyballjerry

3 X quicktime dances and music

Feb. 13, 2005, 11:52 p.m. (Message 40653, in reply to message 40613)

George Meikle has addressed me specifically and scolded somewhat...

"Having probably played The Dancing Master more times than most dancers have
danced it, I am perfectly well aware that it is a 3x32J in a 4 couple square
set. The title for the thread was "3x quicktime dances and MUSIC". As a
musician I replied to the subject matter on the grounds of the music and not
the dances. Why is it that the musician is always wrong even when he/she
tries to do it right???"

...but I'm not certain of the point being made.  Of course 3 X 32 adds up to 
96, so 3 X 32 music played would work for this dance (and admittedly I am 
certainly no expert on the music), but this is not a "3 X 32 jig," which implies 
that each of three couple gets one shot at the same thing, but a 96-bar jig 
once through.  And I believe that the entire thread of 3 X dances has concerned 
those dances that truly run three times through identically, once for each of 
three couples, regardless of what sequence of tunes may be played for them, and 
not dances such as The Dancing Master and many other such that run once 
through, regardless of their number of total bars.  (And 'twas not only I; Becky 
Sager had made  exactly the same point: "Some at least of George's list are 
96-bar dances.")

Robb Quint
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA