Bartlett-House
Tune annotations
X: 14 T: BARTLETT HOUSE %R: reel M: C| L: 1/8 Z: 2011,2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> B: Thomas Bray's Country Dances 1699 p.34 N: Duple minor longways, 1st couple improper P: AA BB ad lib. Q: 1/2=88 "flowing" K: Bb %---------------------------------------- % V:1 arranged to give fewer, longer staff lines. V: 1 "A"|:\ bagf gfed | edcB A2F2 |\ GAB2 A2F2 | A2c2 c4 |\ efg2 e2g2 | def2 c2f2 |\ d2cB G2c2 | F2A2 B4 :| "B"|:\ fdBd fdcB | AGAB cAGF |\ Bcde f2ga | b2g2 g3a |\ bfd2 g2c2 | fdB2 e2A2 |\ dBG2 F2f2 | d2B2 B4 :| %---------------------------------------- V: 2 |: D4 E4 | C4 C2A,2 | B,2G,2 A,2C2 | F2C2 A,4 | C2E2 G2E2 | F2D2 F2C2 | D2F2 E2C2 | D2C2 D4 :| |: D4 B,2D2 | C4 A,4 | B,4 C4 | B,2E2 C2F2 | B,4 B,2C2 | B,2D2 E2F2 | F2G2 C2B,2 G,2A,2 B,4 :| %---------------------------------------- V: 3 clef=bass middle=d |: "Bb"B4- "Eb"B4 | "Cm"e4 "F"f4 | "Eb"e4 "F"f4 | "F"F4 f2ed | "Cm"c4 c'4 | "Bb"b4 "F"a4 | "Bb"b2d2 "Eb"e2-"Cm"e2 | "Bb"f2"F"F2 "Bb"B4 :| |: "Bb"B8 | "F"F4 f2e2 | "Bb"d2B2 "F"A2f2 | "Gm"g2"Eb"e2 "F7"f2e2 | "Bb"d4 "Eb"e2-"Cm"e2 | "Bb"d4 "Cm"c2-"F"c2 | "Bb"B2-"Gm"B2 "F"A2"Bb"d2 | "Eb"e2"F"f2 "Bb"B4 :| % - - - - - - - - Dance description - - - - - - - - %%center Bartlett-House, a New Country Dance. %%center First Man begins Improper. %%begintext align %% The 1st Man cast off and turn up to the right Hand, to his own place, as at first, his Wo. following %% to the 2d Wo. place, the 2d Man casts up at the same time, and down again to his own place, %% as at first, his Wo. following at the same time to the 1st Wo. place, that is half round; then each Man %% lead his Wo. to the wall and back again .| The same again, only the We. do what the Men did, and %% the Men do what the We. did :| Then right Hands, and left Hands twice, each Man beginning with %% his own Wo. first, then foot it twice and close your Feet, the 1st Man and 2d Wo. standing with their left %% Shoulders to each other longways the Room, the 1st Wo. and 2d Man the same; then each Man go back %% with the contrary Wo. to the same place again .| Then all four cast off to the right Hand half round, %% and then right Hands and left three times beginning with the contrary Wo. first :| And so to the end. %%endtext