The Morris Book, Part 1 eBook

Cecil Sharp
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 65 pages of information about The Morris Book, Part 1.

The Morris Book, Part 1 eBook

Cecil Sharp
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 65 pages of information about The Morris Book, Part 1.
Slower. | | | | A3. |Cross-over. | " | | B3. |As in B1 and B2.  Pairs start with | " (3 times). | left feet, and stamp and strike | | right feet. | | | C3 (Capers). | | (3 times). |As in C1, pairs change places. | | | Bars 1, 2, 3, 4 |In these the step is 4/1, and High | " in each | --really as high as possible. | repetition | | (very slow). | | | | Bars 5 and 6 |In these the pairs retire, after | Front. in each | meeting in centre, at 4/2 step, | repetition | lifting the feet as high as | (presto). | possible, and as quickly.  The | | greater the contrast between | | these two quick bars and the | | preceding slow ones, the better | | the effect. | | | A3. (repeat). |Back-to-back. | " | | B3. (repeat). |As in B1 and B2 (repeats), pairs | " (3 times). | start with right feet, and stamp | | and strike left feet in bar 4. | | | C3. (Capers) | | Very slow. |As in C3.  Pairs re-change to | " (Repeat). | original places. | (3 times). |At the beginning of bar 5, in final | | repetition of the music, leader | | calls “All in,” when all draw | | together into Ring, throw up the | Fr. to Ring. | right hands, raise the right feet, | | and Call. | | | | ALL IN. |
MUSIC.               |           MOVEMENTS.                 | FORMATION.
|                                      |
|    RIGS O’ MARLOW (STICK DANCE).     |
|                                      |
Once to yourself     |Tap  sticks  on  last two beats of    | Column.
| bar 4.                               |
A.               |                                      |
(1st time).          |Step 4/2 throughout “A” music in      |    "
|  all repetitions.                    |
|Down-and-back twice.                  |
|Partners tap sticks across on last    |    "
|  two beats of bars 4 and 8; but      |
|  on making last tap but one, j.      | Col. to
|  (forming Fr.), so that final tap    | Front.
|  is given in Front formation.        |
|                                      |
B.               |                                      |
(1st time).          |Double-tapping. (For instructions,    | Front.

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