English Country Dances

From the arranger:

“So that the entire book can be played ‘as is’ with minimal disruption in the dances, [the pieces] have been placed in ‘key order’ (using only the keys of C, G, and D or their relative minors) in order to facilitate lever changes, alternating tempos and meters.  Whenever a double bar appears, the harper has the option of repeating that section as might be done while accompanying actual dance.  Enjoy!!”

This publication is a collection of 21 early Baroque English dance tunes by John Playford with guitar chords. A range of only three and one-half octaves, G-C, is needed to play these user-friendly arrangements. INTERMEDIATE, ALL HARPS.

Table of Contents

1. All in a garden green
2. A la mode de France
3. Argiers or The Wedding Night
4. Aye me, or the Symphony
5. Boatman
6. Broom, the Bonny Broom
7. Chestnut
8. Cuckolds all in a row
9. Drive the cold winter away
10. Grimstock I
11. Grimstock II
12. Half Hannikin
13. Heart’s Ease
14. Irish Trot
15. Jenny Pluck Pears
16. Lull me beyond thee
17. Maiden Lane
18. Mundesse
19. Parson’s Farewell
20. Ruffty Tuffty
21. The Slip
22. Upon a Summer’s Day