18/6 tunes

18/6 tunes

There was an Interesting tune (Miscellaneous) posted as an 18/6 tune.
What on earth does that mean. I see it written in 6/8 - like a jig but what's with the 18/6 ???
This is not a joke I really want to know.
Peter

# Posted on February 9th 2009 by Peter O'Connor

Re: 18/6 tunes

18-6 is part of the title - not the time signature!

# Posted on February 9th 2009 by pcd

Re: 18/6 tunes

Right, must be a memorable date if I read the comments right.

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9294

# Posted on February 9th 2009 by Henk Bos

Re: 18/6 tunes

...or it was written on June 18th

# Posted on February 10th 2009 by Hup

Re: 18/6 tunes

GO8 protest in London on 18/06/1999? I doubt it though
http://bak.spc.org/j18/site/uk.html

And see:
http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/june_18.html

...and
http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysbirth/birth_june_18.html

OK, enough of this nonsense

# Posted on February 10th 2009 by Hup

Re: 18/6 tunes

BTW Peter, your brother's Journeyman album was almost a life changing
experience. Every time I play it I notice new things and wonder, hey,
how did he do _that_?

# Posted on February 10th 2009 by Hup

Re: 18/6 tunes

Seems like it would be to commemorate some dull as watching paint dry rugby union match in which Scotland beat England by 18 points to 6?

# Posted on February 11th 2009 by Ceratonia

Re: 18/6 tunes

Scotland's rugby team defeated England 18-6 at Murrayfield in 1984 to win the Calcutta Cup - it doesn't happen often!!

# Posted on February 11th 2009 by pcd