User:RElaphus/Picking Up Sticks
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Genre | English Country Dance |
| Formation | Longways for six |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Tempo | brisk |
| Character | lively |
| Key | D minor |
| Era | Playford |
| Choreography | |
| Choreographer | John Playford |
| Year | 1651 |
| Published in | The Dancing Master, 1st edition |
| Music | |
| Title | Lavena |
| Collector | Cecil Sharp |
| Year | 1909 |
| Published in | Country Dance Tunes |
Dance
[edit]English country dance for three couples in a line, recorded by John Playford, 1651
Tune
[edit]![\relative c'' {
\time 6/8
\partial 8
\numericTimeSignature
\key d \minor
d8 |
d4 d8 cis8. [b16 cis8] | d4 d8 a4 a8 |
d4. cis8. [b16 cis8] | d4. a4 bes8 |
bes8. [d16 c8] bes8. [c16 bes8] | a8. [bes16 a8] g8. [f16 e8] |
f8. [g16 a8] g8. [a16 f8] | e4. d4
\bar "|."
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/c/rcqvrik8vz91mpw0si5ohwl7sjyvmi3/rcqvrik8.png)
Steps
[edit]reconstructed by Greg Lindahl [2]
| Bar | Steps |
|---|---|
| 1 – 8 | Forward and back a double, and again. |
| 1 – 2 | First man changes with second woman, passing right shoulders and going back to back, |
| 3 – 4 | first man changes with third man, |
| 5 – 8 | Take hands with person across from you, all forward and back a double. |
| 1 – 4 | First woman changes with second man, and then third woman, |
| 5 – 8 | Forward and back a double. |
| 1 – 16 | Repeat changes and forward/back from new positions; note that
throughout this sequence, half of the time you will be dancing with someone of the same gender. |
| 1 – 16 | Repeat changes a third time from new positions, ending up where
you started the dance |
| 1 – 8 | Siding. |
| 1 – 4 | Couple 3 crosses and skips once around the entire set, while
Couple 1 sashays down to 2nd position, while Couple 2 steps back and up to 1st position, then |
| 5 – 8 | Couple 2 sashays back to place, while
Couple 1 steps back and up to place. |
| 1 – 8 | Repeat with Couple 1 going 'around the world' and couples
2 and 3 changing places, starting with Couple 2 sashaying down. |
| 1 – 8 | Arming. |
| 1 – 24 | Men sheepskin hey. |
| 1 – 24 | Women sheepskin hey. |
External sources
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Barnes, Peter (2009). The Barnes Book of English Country Dance Tunes (2nd ed.). Greenfield, Massachusetts: Canis Publishing. p. 19.
- ^ Lindahl, Greg. "Picking Up Sticks". SCA Dance Cheat Sheets. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
Category:English country dance Category:Partner dance Category:Dance forms in classical music