Does anyone have any suggestions for tunes that i could play on my fiddle for my dad's rapper team to dance to? I've got a bundle of the usual ones, the tenpenny bit, the blackthorn stick etc. but i was wondering if anyone could think of any other 6/8 tunes that would work. Bearing in mind that the average age of the team is about 80, i really want some great tunes to get them moving!!!
My daughter is on a rapper sword team, and some of the tunes they've used include:
Jig of Slurs
Cliffs of Moher
The 30-Year Jig
Rolling Wave
Humours of Trim
I think these are all posted in the "Tunes" section.
Don't know if this one is in your repertoire, but The Peacock Followed the Hen is another good rapper tune.
Grand Union rapper used to use mainly Northumbrian tunes that echoed the rhythm of the specific steps as it changed - most of them are standard "da dee dee da dee dee", but a couple of standard steps use "da dee dee da - da", i.e exactly what New Rigged Ship does. They started with Hexham Races (which can be gentle(ish) to warm them up at the start, or pretty wild, at the finish); then One-horned sheep, which really got them moving - and the audience, sometimes - then New Rigged Ship, which echoed the step they'd have moved into by then; then Blackthorn stick (because you can start in G, then lift it to A to lift them again); then Elsie Marley, which really moves rapper along, then Jump at the Sun in Gm, a lovely change of emphasis which they used for the cowp (= one dancer doing a somersault leaning on 2 others' shoulders). We'd put a chromatic run down in the B music as they did the first cowp, then they'd regroup and do a double which we'd accompany with the same chromatic run down, then take it up again. Then we'd slip back into Hexham Races for the final lock.
They reckoned 6/8 marches and single jigs didn't work, but most Irish double jigs would, which fits with the suggestions made so far.
9/8 jigs do work but you need to make sure the dancers are expecting and they should be slip jigs rather than hop jigs.
I always use double jigs. In addition to those mentioned above there are
The Unfortunate Rake
Connaughtmans Rambles
Syriacus (Tripping Upstairs)
Morrison's
My Darling Asleep
Father O 'Flynn
One resource you should definitely check out, especially when you have loads of time, is Tony Barrand's video archive of morris, sword and clog dancing [http://www.bu.edu/dbin/dance/]. You can find all kinds of videos of rapper dance performances, both in the UK and the US. Plenty of tune ideas there, to be sure!
Mmm... rapper. Double jigs definitely. Here's a list of the ones I often end up playing:
Connaughtmans Rambles
Swallowtail (jig)
My Darling Asleep
The Tenpenny Bit
Blackthorn Stick (in A)
Mug Of Brown Ale
Jig of Slurs
Rosewood
and sometimes:
Cliffs of Moher
Wild One (a wacko but fun contra-y tune)
Rapper Tunes
Rapper Tunes
Does anyone have any suggestions for tunes that i could play on my fiddle for my dad's rapper team to dance to? I've got a bundle of the usual ones, the tenpenny bit, the blackthorn stick etc. but i was wondering if anyone could think of any other 6/8 tunes that would work. Bearing in mind that the average age of the team is about 80, i really want some great tunes to get them moving!!!
# Posted on December 18th 2005 by folkiemad
Re: Rapper Tunes
My daughter is on a rapper sword team, and some of the tunes they've used include:
Jig of Slurs
Cliffs of Moher
The 30-Year Jig
Rolling Wave
Humours of Trim
I think these are all posted in the "Tunes" section.
Don't know if this one is in your repertoire, but The Peacock Followed the Hen is another good rapper tune.
# Posted on December 18th 2005 by sts
Re: Rapper Tunes
I thought it was wrapper dancing..
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by McMandolin
Re: Rapper Tunes
Jug of Slugs and Atholl Highlanders are a regularly heard pair, and Lark In The Morning fits well to start with.
From the Northumbrian repertoire, Bellingham Boat, Elsie Marley, Random jig and Hexham Quadrille jump about a fair bit.
And if you do want 9/8s, there are a host of other Northumbrian tunes to pick from.
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by geoffwright
Re: Rapper Tunes
when you said rapper i thought you meant homie gee bitches & hoes type rapper tupac snoop dog thing sorry
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by Ripthecalico
Re: Rapper Tunes
Grand Union rapper used to use mainly Northumbrian tunes that echoed the rhythm of the specific steps as it changed - most of them are standard "da dee dee da dee dee", but a couple of standard steps use "da dee dee da - da", i.e exactly what New Rigged Ship does. They started with Hexham Races (which can be gentle(ish) to warm them up at the start, or pretty wild, at the finish); then One-horned sheep, which really got them moving - and the audience, sometimes - then New Rigged Ship, which echoed the step they'd have moved into by then; then Blackthorn stick (because you can start in G, then lift it to A to lift them again); then Elsie Marley, which really moves rapper along, then Jump at the Sun in Gm, a lovely change of emphasis which they used for the cowp (= one dancer doing a somersault leaning on 2 others' shoulders). We'd put a chromatic run down in the B music as they did the first cowp, then they'd regroup and do a double which we'd accompany with the same chromatic run down, then take it up again. Then we'd slip back into Hexham Races for the final lock.
They reckoned 6/8 marches and single jigs didn't work, but most Irish double jigs would, which fits with the suggestions made so far.
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by Pippa
Re: Rapper Tunes
9/8 jigs do work but you need to make sure the dancers are expecting and they should be slip jigs rather than hop jigs.
I always use double jigs. In addition to those mentioned above there are
The Unfortunate Rake
Connaughtmans Rambles
Syriacus (Tripping Upstairs)
Morrison's
My Darling Asleep
Father O 'Flynn
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by Paul_draper
Re: Rapper Tunes
One resource you should definitely check out, especially when you have loads of time, is Tony Barrand's video archive of morris, sword and clog dancing [http://www.bu.edu/dbin/dance/]. You can find all kinds of videos of rapper dance performances, both in the UK and the US. Plenty of tune ideas there, to be sure!
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by sts
Re: Rapper Tunes
Mmm... rapper. Double jigs definitely. Here's a list of the ones I often end up playing:
Connaughtmans Rambles
Swallowtail (jig)
My Darling Asleep
The Tenpenny Bit
Blackthorn Stick (in A)
Mug Of Brown Ale
Jig of Slurs
Rosewood
and sometimes:
Cliffs of Moher
Wild One (a wacko but fun contra-y tune)
# Posted on December 29th 2005 by lurker