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Timetables and Tunes 2023
Tuesday 7pm Irish Class
Tunes for Irish Session Tuesday 8.00pm
Wednesday 5.30pm Beginners Class
Wednesday  6.30pm Improvers Class
Tunes for Steady Session Wednesday 8.00pm
 
 
A-Z Tunes  Substantial Resource of Recordings and Visual Aids
 
 
  Beginners Advice  Help and Tunes
 
 
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Monday Evening Music Groups and Irish set dance group

January 2019-March 2020

Falfield Village Hall GL12 8DH, A38 off junction 14 M5 - 

very quick to get to from a wide area to the North and East of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire.  10 minutes from M4/M5 interchange, 10 minutes from Thornbury.  The hall has its own large car park.

Beginners Music Group and Introduction to learning by ear - 5.00pm - 5.30pm - £5

Beginners are those who are completely new to learning an instrument or may have just started playing within the last year or so.  If you like the idea of learning an instrument but are not sure how to proceed, just come along and sit in to see if you would like to join this group.  There is a page of tunes on this website that you will learn in this group.  This group is also open to those joining the later group and will be useful for those wishing to start to play by ear.

Play in the Band - Highly Strung Music Group - understanding the dance music genre and playing in a band 

5.30pm - 7.00pm - £10 per person - pay as you go and come when you can!

Members of this group should be familiar with their instrument and be able to play a simple tune.  There will be opportunity to play at different paces so everyone gets a good play.  Each week we will explore a new tune set and play through previous tune sets in the repertoire.  Please scroll down to the timetable to see a planned sets of tunes.

Music notation readers will be using music score and learn to bring out the dance rhythm of jigs, reels, rants, polkas, and hornpipes.  Non readers will be able to learn by ear and have the chance to pick up reading if they so wish.   
Music score is accessed via the A-Z tunes index on this website with the icon
(print out or download onto a device).    

A slow recording of each tune in the set is available via the A-Z tunes index and has the icon  

The class is suitable for all instruments.  If you require the score in another key please e mail http://mailto:jillyelliot@gmail.com  Woodwind and brass players may like to use the chord structure to play their own bass line.

Irish Set Dance classes 7.30pm - 9.30pm - £8 per session pay as you go  

Dance classes are suitable for complete beginners in Irish square dance known as Set Dance (not Riverdance) square sets of 4 couples.  Most people who come do not bring a partner - wear shoes that enable you to pivot easily without gripping the floor.  We will be learning the most commonly danced sets so this class is also useful for those who would like to become more familiar with the sequence of moves within these sets.   Ideal to de-stress - come and have a jig around and a laugh!  

 

Spring Term 2020 - January - April 2020

Date

Beginners Group Tunes 
and Learn by Ear

Highly Strung Music Group
Learn to play English dance music using music score or by ear - all instruments

£5 per session

5.00pm - 5.30pm - no booking necessary 

5.30pm-7.00pm £5 per person - no pre-booking
Monday 27th April

cancelled due to Covid 19

Monday 20th April
Monday 13th April
Monday 6th April
Monday 30th March
Monday 23rd March
Monday 16th March
Monday 9th March Jenny Lind continue with tunes from Feb 2020 dance tunes list
Monday 2nd March Buttered Peas Ashokhan Farewell, Sweets of May, Dingle Regatta
Monday 24th February Davy Davy Nick Nack Ballydesmond Polkas see A-Z 2 and 3 - the sheet music names them 1 and 2 
Monday 17th February  No Group No Group
Monday 10th February Le Tourment 2nd half Gloucestershire Hornpipe, Dorsetshire Hornpipe
Monday 3rd February Le Tourment 1st half Old Morpeth Rant Set of 3 tunes
Monday 27th January No Group No Group
Monday 20th January Early in the Year Stow Quickstep, High Caul Cap
Monday 13th January Maison de Glace Le Tourment, Maison de Glaces, Early in the Year
Monday 6th January Astley's Ride set, Uncle Bernard's Set Jig of Slurs, Starry Night Set

 

Autumn Term 2019 - September - December

Date

Beginners Group Tunes 
and Learn by Ear

Highly Strung Music Group
Learn to play English dance music using music score or by ear - all orchestral instruments

£5 per session

5.00pm - 5.30pm - no booking necessary 

5.30pm-7.00pm £5 per person - no pre-booking

Spring Term 2020 starts on Monday 6th January

Monday 16th December Round the group session choosing favourites Round the group session choosing favourites
Monday 9th December Davy Davy Nick Nack Jig of Slurs Set 
Monday 2nd December Astley's Ride Michael Turner's Waltz 
Monday 25th November Winster Gallop A Fig for a Kiss Set 
Monday 18th November Uncle Bernard's Banish Misfortune Set 
Monday 11th November Alexandrine March Dashing White Sergeant Set 
Monday 4th November Rogues March Black Nag  Jack's Maggot Newcastle 
Monday 28th October Rogues March Alexandrine March Set 
Monday 21st October Alexandrine March Buttered Peas Set 
Monday 14th October Auntie Mary's Canadian Barndance Aunty Mary's Barndance Set 
Monday 7th October Buttered Peas La Russe Set 
Monday 30th September High Caul Cap Smuggler's   All in a Garden Green 
Monday 23rd September Davy Davy, Uncle Bernard's Gloucestershire Hornpipe Set 

Levi Jackson Rag

Monday 18th September Alexandrine March (see Tunes A-Z Index for recording and fiddle tab) Stow Quickstep set 
Monday 9th September Buttered Peas, Rakes of Mallow Starry Night for a Ramble Set 
Monday 2nd September Uncle Bernards Set Uncle Bernard's Set 

 

Summer Term 2019 - May - August

Date

Beginners Group Tunes

Highly Strung Music Club

 

5.00pm - 5.30pm - beginners group no booking necessary £5 per person

5.30pm-7.00pm £10 per person

Autumn Term 2019 starts on Monday 2nd September

Monday 26th August No Group - Bank Holiday No Group - Bank Holiday
Monday 19th August No Group No Group
Monday 12th August No Group  No Group 
Monday  5th August No Group - Sidmouth Week No Group - Sidmouth Week
Monday 29th July Buttered Peas plus play tunes from this term Tunes for Sidmouth
Monday 22nd July Buttered Peas Revision week for Highly Strung tune sets
Monday  15th July Revision, High Caul Cap 1st half Tourment set
Monday 8th July Astley's Ride set, Uncle Bernards, Buttered Peas Maison de Glaces
Monday  1st July Buttered Peas, Davy Davy Tip Top Polka
Monday  24th June Tip Top Polka Le Tourment
Monday  17th June Tip Top Polka Early in the Year
Monday 10th June Tip Top Polka Maison de Glace
Monday 3rd June Rakes of Mallow Old Morpeth Rant set
Monday 27th May No Group - Bank Holiday - Chippenham Festival No Group - Bank Holiday - Chippenham Festival
Monday 20th May Rakes of Mallow Hesleyside Reel
Monday 13th May Rakes of Mallow Hesleyside Reel, Nancy Taylor's 
Monday 6th May No Group - Bank Holiday No Group - Bank Holiday

 

Spring Term 2019 - January - April

Date

Beginners Group Tunes

Highly Strung Music Club

 

5.00pm - 5.30pm - beginners group no booking necessary £5 per person

5.30pm-7.00pm £10 per person
Monday 29th April Tip Top Polka Morpeth Rant
Monday 22nd April No Group - Easter Monday No Group - Easter Monday
Monday 15th April Uncle Bernard's, Astley's Ride Old Morpeth Rant
Monday 8th April Winster Gallop Old Morpeth Rant
Monday 1st April Winster Gallop Johnnie Cope am, Morpeth Rant
Monday 25th March Uncle Bernards, Davy Davy Nick Nack Miss Monaghan Irish Reel
Monday 18th March Uncle Bernards, Davy Davy Nick Nack Tip Top Polka
Monday 11th March Astley's Ride Aunty Mary's Canadian Barndance, Tip Top Polka
Monday 4th March Rochdale Coconut Dance Tip Top Polka
Monday 25th February Astley's Ride, Davy Davy Nick Nack Danse de Chez Nous
Monday 18th February  Uncle Bernards, Seven Stars Aunty Mary's Canadian Barndance, Athole Highlanders
Monday 11th February revision plus look at Seven Stars Seven Stars, Kelso Fiddle and Accordion
Monday 4th February revision of all 3 tunes this term - new tune Rochdale Coconut Dance Rochdale Coconut Dance
Monday 28th January Davy Davy Nick Nack G New Tune 1 Jan 2019
Monday 21st January Uncle Bernard's D, Astley's Ride D Astley's Ride