Sally Sloane's Set Tune

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Sheet Music for "Sally Sloane's Set Tune"Sally Sloane's Set TuneJig (Australia, NSW, Lithgow)DA7DDA7DA7DD12DA7EmADA7DD12DA7DA7DA7DD12Source: collected from Sally Sloanecollected by the Bush Music Clubfrom the playing of Jamie Carlinsee also Village Music Project (VMP)see also Alexander LaingNotes: Other versions:- VMP, Browne Family MS.13, No 66, (c.1825) as "The Village Boy, Quadrille"- VMP, George Spencer MS, No 37, (1831) as "La Fantase"- VMP, Lionel Winslip MS, No 132, (1831) as "Quadrille"- VMP, John Hall MS, No 35, (1833) as "Trip to Cottingham"- Elias Howe, "The Musician's Companion", No 21363 (1843) as "Hurricane Sett (tune 3)"- Kerrs v.1, No 236, (c.1875) as "Garcon Volange"- https://tunearch.org/wiki/GarThis tune was collected in Australia from:- Alexander Laing MS, Tasmania (1863), p 14, Tasmanian State Archives as "Mrs G.Burns of Roslyn"- Sally Sloane, Bathurst NSW, as "Sally Sloane's Barn Dance" & "Sally's Jig"- Joe Yates, Sofala, NSW as "Joe Yates Jig No 4 - Lancers Fig 2"- Pop Holland's Jig, (in this collection)Transcription: transcribed by David JohnsonHistory: I learnt the tune from Jamie Carlin, one of the stalwarts of theBush Music Club when I first went.  We were performing at AustralianaVillage near Sydney one Sunday and Jamie remembered it and playedit when I asked if he knew any of Sally's tunes.  Sally was a lifemember of the BMC in recognition of her immense contribution toAustralian folk music.  A formidable woman who showed me once, quiteforcefully, how to do the varsovienna. I have a copy of Sally playingthe tune in Meredith's first collection from the National Library.They couldn't find it presumably because the name you used is notas Meredith named it. Sally played it for a figure of one of thequadrilles so he just noted it as a "set tune". It is on cassetteand it will take some time to locate it and transfer it for you.[I have just gone to check the index of the collection and it islisted on tape 14 A Item 3 as "Set Tune". I have handwritten onthis that it is "just as Jamie played it". The index doesn't specifywhat instrument she played (She was adept on fiddle, box, whistle,and I think concertina though she didn't have one)] It is interestingto note that in your recording and music the triplets in the firsttwo bars which are eminently suited to box players and awkward onthe fiddle have been adapted to suit the fiddle and yet played onthe box. Ah, the folk process.I have included a pdf and abc file of the tune as I know it.David Johnson

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T:Sally Sloane's Set Tune
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S:collected from Sally Sloane
S:collected by the Bush Music Club
S:from the playing of Jamie Carlin
S:see also Village Music Project (VMP)
S:see also Alexander Laing
Z:transcribed by David Johnson
N:Other versions:
N:- VMP, Browne Family MS.13, No 66, (c.1825) as "The Village Boy, Quadrille"
N:- VMP, George Spencer MS, No 37, (1831) as "La Fantase"
N:- VMP, Lionel Winslip MS, No 132, (1831) as "Quadrille"
N:- VMP, John Hall MS, No 35, (1833) as "Trip to Cottingham"
N:- Elias Howe, "The Musician's Companion", No 21363 (1843) as "Hurricane Sett (tune 3)"
N:- Kerrs v.1, No 236, (c.1875) as "Garcon Volange"
N:- https://tunearch.org/wiki/Gar%C3%A7on_Volage_Quadrille_(2)
N:This tune was collected in Australia from:
N:- Alexander Laing MS, Tasmania (1863), p 14, Tasmanian State Archives as "Mrs G.Burns of Roslyn"
N:- Sally Sloane, Bathurst NSW, as "Sally Sloane's Barn Dance" & "Sally's Jig"
N:- Joe Yates, Sofala, NSW as "Joe Yates Jig No 4 - Lancers Fig 2"
N:- Pop Holland's Jig, (in this collection)
H:I learnt the tune from Jamie Carlin, one of the stalwarts of the
H:Bush Music Club when I first went.  We were performing at Australiana
H:Village near Sydney one Sunday and Jamie remembered it and played
H:it when I asked if he knew any of Sally's tunes.  Sally was a life
H:member of the BMC in recognition of her immense contribution to
H:Australian folk music.  A formidable woman who showed me once, quite
H:forcefully, how to do the varsovienna. I have a copy of Sally playing
H:the tune in Meredith's first collection from the National Library.
H:They couldn't find it presumably because the name you used is not
H:as Meredith named it. Sally played it for a figure of one of the
H:quadrilles so he just noted it as a "set tune". It is on cassette
H:and it will take some time to locate it and transfer it for you.
H:[I have just gone to check the index of the collection and it is
H:listed on tape 14 A Item 3 as "Set Tune". I have handwritten on
H:this that it is "just as Jamie played it". The index doesn't specify
H:what instrument she played (She was adept on fiddle, box, whistle,
H:and I think concertina though she didn't have one)] It is interesting
H:to note that in your recording and music the triplets in the first
H:two bars which are eminently suited to box players and awkward on
H:the fiddle have been adapted to suit the fiddle and yet played on
H:the box. Ah, the folk process.
H:I have included a pdf and abc file of the tune as I know it.
H:David Johnson
O:Australia, NSW, Lithgow
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
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Sally Sloane's Set Tune - played by Greg O'Leary

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Bush Music Club | David Johnson | Jamie Carlin | Sally Sloane | Village Music Project | Alexander Laing |

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