X:1
T:Rope Dance [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 515, p. 197)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/c/|def gfg|d2B Bcd|edc BAG|F2D DBc|
def gfg|d2B Bcd|edc BcA|G3 G2:|
|:B|c2A ABA|B2G GAG|c2A ABA|B2G GBc|
def gfg|d2B Bcd|edc BcA|G3 G2:|]
The Rope Dance. Leonard DeFrance (1735-1805), Flemish. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.ROPE DANCE [1], THE. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See note for “Richer's Hornpipe” for more on rope dancing.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - copied from James Aird’s Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (1788) [O’Neill].
Printed sources : - O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 91.
