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Tune/Musician data

Jamie Laval explains: Origins of AABB Contra Music (I). Basic phrasing of the A A and B B parts (II).
Using variety to build a full tune (III). Jigs and Reels (IV).
Adjusting a Jig for a Dance (V). Adjusting a Reel for a Dance and Mixing with a Jig (VI).
Using pedals to create tension in a full dance set (VII).

Gothard Sisters: Difference between Irish reel and jig

Below, a tune with no “by” line is presumed to be “by Traditional; its origin lost in Time.

Know the composer of a tune?  Find an error?  —please email me.


Display tune-info/tune-author on this page. (Hovering the tune-name always shows tune-author, where known.)

Tunes for Contras/Squares

  Long/Short   Slip Jigs Waltzes

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y Z
A
(The) Abbey Reel
Accordian Crimes by Dave Para
Around the horn by Jay Ungar
Across a crowded room *
Altamont [reel] by John Lusk  | (v2)
Angelina (the) Baker [reel]
Angus Campbell
Ariel Hornpipe by Cyril Stinnett
Arkansas Traveler
(The) Ashplant Reel  | (v2)  | (v3)
Saint Anne's Reel
B
Bad Hair [reel] by Rodney Miller  | (Jazzy)
(The) Banks/Shores of Lough Gowna [jig]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Barbours Cordial
Bay of Fundy Reel
Batchelder's Reel
Beaumont Rag [fabulous version]
Benton’s Dream [reel]
Big John McNeil [reel]  | (v2)
Big Scioty
Billy In the Lowground  | (fast)
Blackberry Blossom  | (clear)  | (slow)
(The) Blackthorn Stick  | (v2)  | (slow)
Black Rogue
Blair Atholl  | (v2)
Blue Jig by Joel Mabus  | (fabulous)  | (v3)  | (Jazzy)
Blue Water Jig by John Durocher
Boatman
Booth shot Lincoln [Also “Booth” ]  | (v2)  | (v3)  | (v4)
Brenda's Reel
Brenda Stubbert's reel by Jerry Holland
Bridget's Back in Town
Brushy Run  | (v2)  | (v3)
Buchta Dancers’ Polka by Don Messer
Bus Stop Reel by Anita Anderson
C
C.N.E. Breakdown [Canadian National Exposition] by Ward Allen
Caliche Creek  | (v2)
Calliope House  | (v2)
Camp Meeting on the 4th of July [reel]
Captain Campbell  | (v2)
Caribou Reel by Andy deJaris [Caribou Reel ≠  Reel Caribou]
Castle Kelly [reel]
Cats and Rats * by Bill Dudley
Century Polka
Chattanooga [rag]
Chinese Breakdown [reel]
Chivalry by Keith Murphy  | (v2)
Cincinnati Rag
Cliffs of Moher [jig]
Clare Island Boat Song
Clare Jig
(The) Clare Shout  | (v2)
(The) Clumsy Lover [jig] by Neil Dickie  | (v2)
Cold Frosty Morning  | (v2)
Coleman's March
Coleraine Jig  | (sedate)  | (fast)
Colored Aristocracy [rag]
Cooley's Reel
(The) Coral Riff [reel] by Pete Sutherland  | (v2)
Cotton Baggin' [breakdown/reel]
Cotton by Charlie Engstrom  | (cloggers)  | (audio only)
Cowboy's Dream  | (v2)  | (v3)
Cowboy Jig
Crook Brothers Breakdown  | (fancy)
Cuckoo's Nest [Hornpipe ?]  | (v2)
Curvy Road to Corinth [reel]
D
Dancing Bear [reel]
(The) Devil's Dream [reel]  | (v2)
Devil's in the Kitchen [strathspey,reel]  | (v2)
Devil in the Strawstack [breakdown/reel] by Tommy Jarrell  | (v2)
Dick Gossip's Reel  | (v2)
Dinky Dorian’s reel  | (v2)  | (v3)
Dinky's Reel
Don't do that again by George Paul
Donnybrook Fair [jig]
Door County #2  | (Larry Unger)  | (Notorious)
Dougie McDonald's
Drowsy Maggie [reel]
(The) Drunken Landlady [reel]  | (v2)
(The) Drunken Sailor by Kevin Burke
Duck River [breakdown/reel] by John Salyer  | (slow)
Ducks on the Millpond [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Ducks on the Pond [reel]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Durang's Hornpipe  | (v2)
Dutiaume Foxtrot by Reg Bouvette
E
East Tennessee Blues [breakdown/blues] by Charlie Bowman
8th of January [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Eli Greene's Cakewalk [cakewalk, rag] by Sadie Koninsky  | (v2)
F
Farewell to the Taliban  | (v2)
Father Kelly's Reel  | (stepdance)  | (slow)
Fiddlin’ Andy by Andy Dejarlis
Fire On The Mountain by Isham Monday  | (v2)  | (v3)  | (comic, 28)
Fireball [multiple tunes]  | (v2)
Firefly Dance [jig]
(The) Firefly Jig
Firefly Reel [correct tune ?]
Fishers Hornpipe  | (improv)  | (riffing)  | (classical)
Fleur De Mandragore [reel]  | (v2)
First Pint [jig] by Colin Farrell  | (v2)
Flop-eared Mule  | (v2)  | (bray, Dubliners)  | (bray)  | (orchestra)
Fly around my Pretty Little Miss [breakdown/reel]
Flowers of Edinburgh [?]
Flying home to Shelley [reel] by Paul Gitlitz
Flying Tent by Keith Murphy  | (v2)  | (solo)
Folding Down the Sheets  | (v2)
Frank's reel
Free the Fischer
(The) Friendly Visit [hornpipe]
Frieze Breeches [jig] [Also Freeze Britches]  | (e-Motion)  | (v3)
Full House * by David Massey
G
(The) Gale by Susan Conger
Gal With the Rundown Shoe [ ? ? ?] by Walt Koken
Garfield's Blackberry Blossom [?=? Blackberry Blossom?]
Garrett Berry's Jig  | (v2)  | (v3)
Garrett Berry's Reel  | (v2)
Gaspe Reel
Generic Square Dance *
Georgia Railroad [breakdown/reel]
Gilles Roy by Graham Townsend
Ginger Sling *
(The) Girl I Left Behind Me
Glass Island [reel]
(The) Goat in the Garden [jig]
Goats in the Garden [bluegrass] by George Paul   [Is this the G.Paul version??]
Going to the Wedding to Get Some Cake
Going Uptown [reel ? ]
Gold(en) Stud
Greasy Coat [breakdown/reel]  | (funky)  | (fast)
Green Mountain Petronella [reel]  |  (v2)
Green Willis [ ? ? ? ]  | (v2)
Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman [reel]
Gravel Walks [reel]
H
Haning's Farewell
Handsome Young Maidens [reel]  | (v2)
Hangman's reel [ = Le Reel Du Pendu]  | (clogging)
Haphazard Breakdown
Happy A *
Haste to the Wedding [jig] by James Oswald  | (v2)  | (v3)
Hawks ands Eagles  | (slow)
High Road to Linton [reel]  | (v2)
Home with the Girls in the Morning [breakdown/reel]  | (lyrics)
Humours of Lisheen [jig]  | (v2) [jig]  | (v3)
Humours of Lissadell [reel]
Hunt the Squirrel [jig]
Hunting the Buffalo
I
Ice House   See Maison de Glace
I Buried My Wife (and Danced on her Grave) [jig]
In Between Jig * by Peter Martin
Indian Point by Rick Mohr  | (v2)
Inside * by Bill Paine
Irish-American Reel
(The) Irish Hornpipe
Irish Reel by Cyril Stinnett  | (v2)
Irish Washerwoman Jig
Irish Polkas [polka, reel ? ]
It's in D [jig]
J
(The Old) Jawbone [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Jaybird  | (v2)  | (v3)
Jenny Picking Cockles [reel]  | (v2)
Jerry’s Beaver Hat [jig]
Jerusalem Ridge  | (M.Cleveland)  | (solo)
Jim The Fiddle Maker by Ivan Hicks
Joe Derrane's Jig [jig]  | (slow)
Johnny Don’t Get Drunk [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Joys of Québec [reel]  | (v2)
(The) Judge *
Julia Clifford's jig
Julia Delaney
June Apple [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Jump at the Sun [jig]
K
Katelyn's March * by David Massey
Kent County Jig by Angus Robichaud
Kesh Jig
Killavil Jig  | (v2)  | (v3)
Killavil Reel  | (v2)
Kitchen Girl [breakdown/reel] by Henry Reed  | (v2)
L
L&N Rag by Alex Hood
La Bastringue
La fée des dents  |  (fiddle, keyboard)
Lad O'Beirne's Jig
Lady be good  | (nice)
Lamb's wool rag
Lark in the Morning [4-part jig]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Lasses Trust in Providence
Last chance
Last Train To Rajasthan  | (v2)  | (innovative)
Late For The Dance
Laughing Marg by Jim Mullaney
Laurel's Reel
Leitrim's Fancy Hornpipe  | (v2)
Leitrim's Fancy Jig  | (duo)  | (v3)  | (v4)
Liberty  | (v2)  | (solos)  | (archival)
Lilting Banshee
Little Liza Jane  | (v2)  | (fast)  | (v4)
Lonesome Indian [∃ several versions] by Andy Dejarlis
Lord MacDonald’s Reel
Lord of the Dance  | (v2)  | (v3)
Lost Girl  | (v2)
Lost Indian
Lucy Campbell
M
Maid Behind the Bar Also Judy's Reel  | (v2)  | (v3)
Maison de Glace (The Ice House) by Peter Martin & Réjean Brunet  | (v2)
Maple Leafs [AABB: 64beats×2; reel]
Maple Sugar by Ward Allen  | (v2)
Marche de Thomas Pomerleau  | (v2)  | (v3)
Marco Polo *
Marie's Wedding [Also Mari , Mairi ]
March of Saint Timothy by Judi Morningstar  | (v2)
Martha Campbell  | (v2)
Mason's Apron  | (v2)
Maudabawn Chapel [reel]  | (v2)
Maurice Billette Reel by Calvin Vollrath
Meeting of the Waters  | (v2)
Meg Grey  | (v2)  | (v3)
Merrily Kissed The Quaker  | (v2)
Merry Blacksmith Reel  | (v2)
Miller's Maggot [jig]  | (v2)
Miss McCloud's Reel Also Miss McLeod's  | (fast)
Miss Susan Cooper by Ronnie Cooper
Mississippi Sawyer  | (v2)  | (v3)
Mist-Covered Mountain
Montebello Reel by Webb Acheson [Seems Montebello ReelReel de Montebello ]
(The) Moon & Seven Stars  | (v2)
Morrison Jig
Mother's Reel
Mountain Canary
Mouse in the Cupboard
(The) Mouth Of The Tobique [64 beat version]
(The) Mountain Road
Munster Bacon [jig]
Munster Buttermilk [jig]  | (v2)
Music for a Found Harmonium  | (nyckelharpa)
My Blue Ridge Mountain Home [foxtrot] by Carson Robison
My Mary Ann *
My Other Brother Darrell Polka by Calvin Vollrath
N
Nail that Catfish to a Tree  | (v2)  | (v3)
Night Owls
North Carolina Breakdown  | (v2)  | (duo dulcimers)
O
Off She Goes
Old Favorite [jig]  | (v2)  | (v3)
Old French  | (v2)  | (v3)
Old Grey Cat  |  (v2)
Old Hag You Have Killed Me
Old Horse and Buggy  | (v2)
Old Joe Clark  | (v2)  | (sung, lyrics)
The Old Man and The Old Woman
Old Man Winter [?Extra beats?]  | (v2)
On The Danforth by Keith Murphy
Opera Reel
Out on the Road
Orange Blossom Special
Up Sligo  | (v2)
P
Paddy O'Rafferty's [Also Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh] [3-part jig]
Paddy Clancy's Jig  | (v2)
Paddy on the Handcar  | (v2)
Paddy on the Railroad  | (v2)  | (v3)
Paddy on the Railway
Pagosa Hornpipe by Rob Pine
Paul Berard’s Jig by Neil Berard
Peter-Martin's * by Bill Paine
Petronella
(The) Pigeon On The Gate
Pipe on the hob
Providence Reel  | (v2)  | (Same tune?)
Puff Adder  | (v2)
Planxty Hewlett   See Hewlett
Polar Bear Jig
Possum Up a Gum Stump
Pretty Little Dog  | (fast)  | (v3)
Promised Land * by Eleta Sucsy
Puncheon Floor  | (v2)  | (Two banjos)
R
Ragtime Annie  | (fast)
Rakish Paddy  | (v2) | (v3)
Ralph's Watch by Judy Hyman
Red-haired boy  | (v2)
Red Hills Polka  | (Bill Dudley)  | (baby)
Red River Cart by Andy DeJarlis
Redwing  | (v2)
Reel Sainte-Antoine  | (group)  | (foot)
Reel Caribou [≠  Caribou Reel]
Reel de Joie
Reel de Montebello
Reel Sainte-Louise by Réjean Lizotte
Reign of Love [reel] by Keith Murphy
Ríl An Spidéal [Also Spiddal Reel] by Charlie Lennon  | (v2)
(On the) Road to Boston
Road To Lisdoonvarna  | (v2)  | (v3)
Road to Recovery by Liz Carroll  | (v2)  | (v3)
Robertson's Reel
Rock-a-bye Baby * by Daniel Steinberg
Rock that baby Lucy  | (v2)
Rock the baby Joe  | (v2)
Rock the Cradle Joe
Rockabye
Rocks of Brae  | (v2)
Rolling Wave
Rory O'More  | (danced)
Rosco by Kyle Creed  | (v2)
(The) Rose Tree
Route No. 15 by Reg Bouvette
S
Sail Away Ladies
Sally Ann
Salt River  | (fancy)  | (v3)
Salt Spring [intricate] by Keith Murphy  | (v2)
Sandy Boys
Sarah Armstrong  | (v2)
Saturday night breakdown  | (v2)
Scatter The Mud
(Down by the) Sally Gardens  | (v2)  | (v3)
Sean Ryan's Jig | (v2)
Seneca Square Dance [= Waiting For The Federals]
Shaking Down the Acorns by Edden Hammons  | (v2)
Shenandoah Falls
Shoes & Stockings by Henry Reed  | (v2)
Shoo Fly (don't bother me!) [Shoefly, Shoo! Fly]
Shuffle About  | (v2)
Silver Spear [reel]  | (v2)
Six Feet Under [ECD excellent] by Becky Tracy  | (v2)
Sleigh Ride Reel by Reg Hill
Smith Sisters’ Jig by Linda Duford
Snake River Reel  |  (v2)
Snowflake Reel
Spootiskerry by Samuel Ian Burns  | (v2)
Soldier's Joy  | (v2)
Soldier's Sorrow [Interesting intro. Unsure of measure-structure]  | (Play at 3/4 speed)
Southern Aristocracy
Speed the plow
Spotted Pony  | (v2)  | (mandolin)
Squirrel Hunters
Stan Chapman's Jig  | (dancers)
Star above the Garter
Star Of Munster
Staten Island Hornpipe
Stenson's Reel
Step Around Johnny by Sam Taylor
Stone's Rag by Charles Arrington
Stop Press by Pete Marshall | (v2) | (v3)
String of Trucks by Jim Kimball
Sugar Hill  | (v2)  | (v3)
Sunset's Jig *
Susie and the Zebra Finch *
Swallowtail Jig
Sweet Briar  | (v2)
Sweet Georgia Brown
(The) Sweeter the Juice
Swinging on a Gate [reel]  | (v2)  | (v3)
(The) Sword in the hand [reel]
T
Tam Lin  | (v2)
Temperance Reel Also The Teetotaller  | (v2)  | (v3)
Texas Gals  | (v2)
Tom Staley's *
Top ‘O The Hill by Andy Dejarlis
Torn Jacket [AABB: 64beats×3; reel]
Toss the Feathers  | (v2)
Tour's End * by Daniel ?
Trip to Dingle  | (v2)
Trip to Pakistan [reel] by Niall Kenny
Trip to Sofia
Tripping up the stairs  | (v2)
Troll Soup by Brendan Taaffe
Turkey in the Straw  | (fast)
Twelve Pins by Charlie Lennon  | (v2)  | (v3)
V
Victory Breakdown by Don Messer
W
Wabash Cannonball  | (v2)
Waiting for Jimmy Flett [Time signature? For contra? ] by Calvin Vollrath & John Arcand
Waiting For The Federals   See Seneca Square Dance
Walker Street Reel
Walkin' Uptown
War Bonnet Reel by Marcel Meilleur  | (author playing)
Waynesboro/Waynesburgh
Ways of the World
West Fork Gals
Wheels of the World
Whalen's Breakdown
Whiskey before Breakfast
(The) White Petticoat  | (v2)
Wissahicken Drive  | (v2)
Wizard's Walk by Jay Ungar  | (Jacie)  | (Playful)  | (fast)
Woodchopper's reel [aka breakdown]  | (piano)
The Wren [reel] by Keith Murphy
Y
Year of Jubilo
(The) Yellow Barber
Yellow Rose of Texas
Yvonne Casey's Reel by Yvonne Casey
Z
Zelda by Philippe Plard




Waltzes

Amelia [waltz] by Bob McQuillen
Ashokan Farewell
(Les) Barres de la Prison by Canray Fontenot
Blue Jeans & Gingham [waltz] by Spade Cooley
Crested Hens (Les Poules Huppées) by Gilles Chabenat  | (Gypsy styling)
(Waltz for an) Endless Spring by Bill Dudley, [Sheet music]
Equinox Waltz * by David Massey
Falkowski Falls * by Bill Paine
Firefly Waltz
Haapavesi Waltz by Keith Murphy
Halfway Pond Waltz [K.Aagard] by Jim Childriss  | (v2)  | (solo)
Hawks ands Eagles  | (slow)
(Planxty) Hewlett  | (flute)  | (harp)
Josefin's Waltz [Also Josephine's Waltz] by Roger Tallroth  | (v2)  | (slow)
Judy and Jim's Wedding  | (danced)
Lordags Waltz by Keith Murphy  | (accordian)
Midnight on the Water  | (v2)
Ordale Waltz
Penny On A Fiddle Waltz by Peter Sound  | (v2)
Rockabye Moon Waltz  | (v2)
(The) Rope Waltz
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór  | (Story)
Snow Waltz
Swannanoa Waltz  | (v2)
Waltz of the Toys [ = La Valse Des Jouets by Michel Faubert


Cajun

Chère Bébé Créole

Long/Short tunes

There are a few contradances written to tunes either longer or shorter than 64 beats.

128-beat tunes/versions
Moondance by Van Morrison


96-beat tunes/versions
Banish Misfortune [AABBCC: 96beats; jig]
Dusty Windowsill [AABBCC: 96beats; jig]
Elzic's Farewell (96) [AABBCC: 96beats; reel] by French Carpenter  | (complex)
(The) Mouth Of The Tobique [AABBCC: 96beats; reel]  | (solo fiddle)
Three Thin Dimes [AABBCC: 96beats; reel]


80-beat tunes/versions
Banish Misfortune [AABBCC, drop last C; jig]
Elzic's Farewell [AABCC: 80beats; reel] by French Carpenter  | (v2)  | (fast)
Maids of Mt Kisco [AABCC: 80beats×3; reel]
Sussex Cotillion [80beats, A A Long-B Long-B; 16 16 24 24]
Three Thin Dimes [AABCC: 80beats; reel]  | (v2)


72-beat tunes/versions
Cherokee Shuffle (72) [AABB: A=8+8, B=8+8+4]  | (v2)

48-beat tunes/versions
Money Musk [Danced]
Drowsy Maggie (48) [AAB, 48 beats Slow @0:37. Fast @1:10.]


32-beat tunes/versions
Drowsy Maggie (32) by ?. [AB, 32 beats Step danced] [AB, Played, embellishment in the middle]

Slip-jigs

Butterfly by Tommy Potts  | (v2)
A Fig for a Kiss  | (v2)
Hardiman the Fiddler [slip-jig]  | (duet)  | (intro)
Another Jig Will Do | The Snowy Path
Back of the haggard | Swaggering jig | Ryan's
Rhubarb and Ginger | The Swaggering Jig | Hardiman the Fiddler
Hardiman the Fiddler [33sec 4x] | Tigh Rabhartaigh [@2:07 22sec] | Gort na mora [@3:35 22sec]


Misc

At Jennifer's request, I altered Tony Parkes contra Friday Night Fever to fit the Bee Gees' Night Fever (used in film Saturday Night Fever).

Tunes to tweak a dance to

Moondance by Van Morrison
Night Fever by the Bee Gees
Sing Sing Sing [big band] by Benny Goodman


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