Willy Taylor's High Tea

barndance

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 4th 2007 by spindizzy.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as Willie Taylor's High Tea.

X: 1
T: Willy Taylor's High Tea
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Gmaj
GA |: B2Bc BAGA | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g2 B2 d2 | cBAG A2 GA |
B2Bc BAGA | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g2 B2 G2 |1 A4 G2 GA :|2 A4 G2 gf ||
e2dc BAGA |B2 d2 e4 | d2 g2 B2 d2| cBAG A2gf |
e2dc BAGA | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g2 B2 G2 | A4 G2 gf|
e2dc BAGA | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g2 B2 d2 | cBAG A2 GA|
B2Bc BAGA | B2 d2 e4| d2 g2 B2 G2| A4 G2z2||

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Willy Taylor's High Tea

I got this one from a workshop and we play it with the "Great North Run" in our very mixed session. (GN Run isn't on the board .... yet)

I'd assumed it was by Willy Taylor, but when I checked I found....
C:Michelle Soinne
N:Named to commemorate the generous hospitality of the magnificent Northumbrian fiddler Willie Taylor and his wife, Nancy.

I also found it was down as a hornpipe and dotted, but right or wrong, we're playing it as a reel :-)

# Posted on August 4th 2007 by spindizzy

Great North Run 86

OK - it is here - I missed it somehow.
http://thesession.org/tunes/display/2891

# Posted on August 4th 2007 by spindizzy

How can you play this as a reel? It's all crotchets?

Sounds like a nice barndance-etc. type tune

# Posted on August 4th 2007 by continuo

High Tea

Northumbrian - not Irish style reel. Probably a bit fast for a barndance.

# Posted on August 4th 2007 by spindizzy

"Willy Taylor's Highland Tea"

X: ~
T: Willy Taylor's High Tea
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance / schottische
K: G Major
|: dc>d |
B2 B>c B>AG>A | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g>d (3BcB d>G | c>BA>G (3ABA (3FGA |
(3BcB (3cBA B>AG>A | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g2 B2 d>G | (3ABA GF G :|
|: dg>f |
e2 (3edc B>AG>A | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g>d (3BcB d>G |
1 c>BA>G A2 g>f | (3efe d>c B>AG>A | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g2 B2 G2 | (3ABA GF G :|
2 c>BA>G (3ABA (3FGA | B2 B>c B>AG>A | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g2 B2 d>G | (3ABA GF G ||

# Posted on August 4th 2007 by ceolachan

White Cockade

Sort of like this ...

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2479

# Posted on August 4th 2007 by The Merry Highlander

This is definitely not a reel, spindizzy. Doesn't matter what speed you play it at!

# Posted on August 4th 2007 by Dow

White Cockade-ish? Hmmmm... ;-)

# Posted on August 5th 2007 by ceolachan

Hey Dow, some folks think they can do just about anything to a melody, but as given here, spin's transcription, I'm with you, it would clunk along like one of those single cylinder boat engines no matter what speed you tried to take it at and if too fast it would start to sound like shight and then probably throw the rod... :-D

# Posted on August 5th 2007 by ceolachan

Willy Taylor's High Tea

Ceolachan, I can't get your ABC to convert on the Concertina.net converter. Is it right?

# Posted on August 5th 2007 by hotspur

X: give it a number, if only a 1 = X: 1

Sorry hotspur, I've sent you email on this, but for others, you would need to do one of the two following things with the lead-in notes ~

either add the back slash ~
|: dc>d |\ & |: dg>f |\

or bring up the next four bars so ~
|: dc>d | B2 B>c B>AG>A | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g>d (3BcB d>G | c>BA>G (3ABA (3FGA | ~
&
|: dg>f | e2 (3edc B>AG>A | B2 d2 e4 | d2 g>d (3BcB d>G |1 c>BA>G A2 g>f | ~

I've just tested it and it works, but it may be you didn't catch my silliness with numbering it, something Dow ocassionally gets on my case about... Apologies...

# Posted on August 5th 2007 by ceolachan

High Tea

Hey-ho - greater minds think this is something else.
Let me know what the majority verdict is and I'm happy to change it.... since we play it with GT. N. Run 86 which was posted as a reel, I went with that. (Now Lazyhound, who put on Gt. N.Run paired it with a rant .... no-ones suggested that yet :-) )

BTW there was an interesting article on the different hornpipe styles in the last issue of FiddleOn magazine http://www.fiddleon.co.uk/ by John Offord, so maybe we're playing this as a hornpipe in the "Sailor's Hornpipe Style" - ie undotted. Best thing of course would be to find out what the composer intended that I should be playing, before the chinese whispers of sessions and workshops did their work

Chris

# Posted on August 5th 2007 by spindizzy

High Tea

Thanks, Coelachan. It worked perfectly.
Sounds like a schottishe

# Posted on August 5th 2007 by hotspur

"The Great North Run"

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on April 25th 2004 by lazyhound.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2891

Spin, same with "The Great North Run", I would play that with swing too, as a barndance / schottische. It has the classic elements, such as the 1st & 5th bars ~

| G2 G2 FGAF | = | N2 N2 NNNN |
the 2nd, 4th & 6th bar ~
| GABc d2 B2 | & | ABAG E2 D2 | & | GABc d2 B2 | = | NNNN N2 N2 |
the 8th bar, A & B parts ~
| A2 F2 G2 :| = | N2 N2 N2 :|

So, every other bar, 1, 3, 5, 7 begins with a thump, or N2
while the alternate bars all end pretty much thump, thump, or N2 N2...and everything concludes thump, thump, thump ~ N2 N2 N2 :|

That just begs to be swung and speaks the language of the family of barndances, which includes the schottische...to my ears and senses anyway... There are folks in this world that don't swing nothin', everthing interpreted flat, but that would still not take away from what this melody is rhythmically communicating to the dancers, those thumps and where they thump... 8-)

# Posted on August 5th 2007 by ceolachan

I agree about GNR'86 too. They're both in the barndance/schottische family whichever way you look at it, whether you want to play them at a more rant-like pace or more barndancey or whatever.

'c' I told you about your sloppy abc numbering and you never listened. Go easy on hotspur - his brain is tired and he's easily confused these days :-)

# Posted on August 5th 2007 by Dow

High Tea

OK - Barndance it is. :-)

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by spindizzy

High Tea

Watch it Dow! Not that easily confused!

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by hotspur

X: ~

You're right Dow... It's those ITM gremlins, they keep making me do these things... ;-)

# Posted on August 7th 2007 by ceolachan

Willy Taylor's High Tea

Recorded by the Bismarck's and described as a rant

# Posted on August 8th 2007 by ph

There has been a bit of ranting going on, if not necessarily in step... Yes, with swing, I can see how it could be ranted, but the neighbours downstairs would have a fright this time of night if I started doing that across the floor here, and I suspect things would come dancing off of shelves in the process... There are actually a number of rants that make really fine schottisches / barndances... Actually, just off the top of my head just now, I can't think of one that wouldn't... ;-)

# Posted on August 8th 2007 by ceolachan

On second play of this I think it could have more of a march feel to it than rant. Shift it up a tone, make those 7ths mixo and you'd have a good 2/4 pipe march.

# Posted on August 9th 2007 by Dow

if you changed the time sig of course

# Posted on August 9th 2007 by Dow

"Pa Paddy O'Sullivan's Polka"

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on April 9th 2008 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8435

Interesting similarities.....
# Posted on April 10th 2008 by spindizzy

# Posted on April 10th 2008 by ceolachan