Annotation:Dull Sir John: Difference between revisions

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DULL SIR JOHN. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first published by Playford in his English Dancing Master (1651). The dance and tune were retained in every edition of the long-running dancing master series through the 18th and final edition of 1728, then printed in London by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concern.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 23, p. 21. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 45 (Playford MS reprint). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 17.

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Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''DULL SIR JOHN'''. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first published by Playford in his [[English Dancing Master]] (1651).
+'''DULL SIR JOHN'''. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first published by Playford in his '''English Dancing Master''' (1651). The dance and tune were retained in every edition of the long-running dancing master series through the 18th and final edition of 1728, then printed in London by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concern.
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