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'''PICKING OF/UP STICKS.''' AKA and see "Kitty McGee/Magee," "[[Lavena]]." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time ). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody was published by Playford under this title in his English Dancing Master (1651), though the original title of the tune appears to have been "Lavena." Barnes (1986) notes that during the siding part of the country dance to the tune "Kitty McGee" is often played, in the form ABB,AABB,ABB. Does the title refer to the morris dance practice of stick-dances? | '''PICKING OF/UP STICKS.''' AKA and see "Kitty McGee/Magee," "[[Lavena]]." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time ). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody was published by Playford under this title in his English Dancing Master (1651), though the original title of the tune appears to have been "[[Lavena]]." Barnes (1986) notes that during the siding part of the country dance to the tune "Kitty McGee" is often played, in the form ABB,AABB,ABB. Does the title refer to the morris dance practice of stick-dances? | ||
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''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. Barlow ('''Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master'''), 1985; No. 80, p. 33. Karpeles & Schofield ('''A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs'''), 1951; p. 18. Raven ('''Engish Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 38. Sharp ('''Country Dance Tunes''), 1909; p. 44. | ||
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PICKING OF/UP STICKS. AKA and see "Kitty McGee/Magee," "Lavena." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time ). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody was published by Playford under this title in his English Dancing Master (1651), though the original title of the tune appears to have been "Lavena." Barnes (1986) notes that during the siding part of the country dance to the tune "Kitty McGee" is often played, in the form ABB,AABB,ABB. Does the title refer to the morris dance practice of stick-dances?
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Printed sources: Barnes ('English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 80, p. 33. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 18. Raven (Engish Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 38. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 44.
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