Difference between revisions of "Sally Sloane's Set Tune"
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− | T:La Fantase, Charles d'Albert, | + | T:La Fantase, Charles d'Albert, c.1855 |
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S:collected from Sally Sloane | S:collected from Sally Sloane | ||
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S:from the playing of Jamie Carlin | S:from the playing of Jamie Carlin | ||
Z:transcribed by David Johnson | Z:transcribed by David Johnson | ||
− | + | N:Other versions: | |
− | N:I learnt the tune from Jamie Carlin, one of the stalwarts of the | + | N:- VMP, Browne Family MS.13, No 66, (c.1825) as "The Village Boy, Quadrille" |
− | + | N:- George Spencer MS, No 37, (1831) as "La Fantase" | |
− | + | N:- Lionel Winslip MS, No 132, (1831) as "Quadrille" | |
− | + | N:- 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" | |
− | + | F:- 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:Dave Johnson | ||
O:Australia, NSW, Lithgow | O:Australia, NSW, Lithgow | ||
R:Jig | R:Jig |
Revision as of 15:07, 1 February 2022
X:27 T:Sally Sloane's Set Tune T:La Fantase, Charles d'Albert, c.1855 % NFF Book 2014 S:collected from Sally Sloane S:collected by the Bush Music Club S:from the playing of Jamie Carlin Z:transcribed by David Johnson N:Other versions: N:- VMP, Browne Family MS.13, No 66, (c.1825) as "The Village Boy, Quadrille" N:- George Spencer MS, No 37, (1831) as "La Fantase" N:- Lionel Winslip MS, No 132, (1831) as "Quadrille" N:- 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" F:- 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:Dave Johnson O:Australia, NSW, Lithgow R:Jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:D |:"D"DAF DAF|"A7"EAF EAF|"D"DAd cBc|f2e e3| "D"DAF DAF|"A7"EAF EAF|"D"DAd "A7"cBc|1e2d"D"d2D:|2e2d"D"d2e|| |:"D"f3d2f|"A7"fed e2f|g3 c2e|"Em"edB "A"A3| "D"f3d2f|"A7"fed e2f|g3 c2e|1edd "D"d2d:|2edd "D"d2F/G/|| |:"D"A3 "A7"GFG|"D"A3 "A7"GFG|"D"AFA dcd|fef fed| "A7"G3 E2F|G3 E2F|ABA GFE|1"D"D3-D2F/G/:|2"D"D3-D2z:|
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 |