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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, or it has been modified by many hands, with details unknown. Tunes with “by ? are perhaps of more recent origin. If you know the composer of an unattributed tune on this page, please email me. The same goes for errors you find; I will fix them posthaste.

Tune repositories

Tunes for Contras/Squares

Waltzes   Crooked   Slip Jigs

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T W Y Z
A
Altamont [reel]
Angelina (the) Baker [reel]
Arkansas Traveler
(The) Ashplant Reel  | v2  | v3
Saint Anne's Reel
B
Bad Hair [reel] by Rodney Miller
Bay of Fundy Reel
Batchelder's Reel
Beaumont Rag [fabulous version]
Benton’s Dream [reel]
Big John McNeil [reel]  | (v2)
Big Scioty
(The) Blackthorn Stick  | v2
Blue Jig by Joel Mabus  | (v2)
Boatman
Brenda Stubbert's reel
Bridget's Back in Town
Bus Stop Reel by Anita Anderson
C
Calliope House  | v2
Camp Meeting on the 4th of July [reel]
Castle Kelly [reel]
Cats and Rats * by Bill Dudley
Chattanooga [rag]
Chinese Breakdown [reel]
Cincinnati Rag
Cliffs of Moher [jig]
(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.  | v2
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's Reel
Don't do that again [?] by George Paul
Donnybrook Fair [jig]
Dougie McDonald's
Drowsy Maggie [reel]
Duck River [breakdown/reel] by John Salyer  | (slow)
Ducks on the Millpond [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Ducks on the Pond [reel]  | (v2)  | (v3)
E
East Tennessee Blues [breakdown/blues]
8th of January [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Eli Greene's Cakewalk [cakewalk, rag] by Sadie Koninsky
F
Father Kelly's Reel  | (stepdance)  | (slow)
Fleur De Mandragore [reel]  | (v2)
Fly around my Pretty Little Miss [breakdown/reel]
Flowers of Edinburgh [?]
Flying home to Shelley [reel] by Paul Gitlitz
Frank's reel
Free the Fischer
G
(The) Gale
Gal With the Rundown Shoe [ ? ? ?] by Walt Koken
Gaspe Reel
Georgia Railroad [breakdown/reel]
Glass Island [reel]
(The) Goat in the Garden [jig]
Goats in the Garden [bluegrass]
Going Uptown [reel ? ]
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
Handsome Young Maidens [reel]
Haphazard Breakdown  | (v2)
Haste to the Wedding [jig]  | (v2)  | (v3)
High Road to Linton [reel]  | (v2)
Home with the Girls in the Morning [breakdown/reel]  | (lyrics)
Hunt the Squirrel [jig]
Ice House [reel]
In Between Jig * by Peter Martin
Inside * by Bill Paine
Irish Washerwoman Jig
Irish Polkas [polka, reel ? ]
J
(The Old) Jawbone [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Joe Derrane's Jig [jig] [medley]
Johnny Don’t Get Drunk [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Joys of Québec [reel]  | (v2)
Julia Clifford's jig
June Apple [breakdown/reel]  | (v2)
Jump at the Sun [jig]
K
Katelyn's March * by David Massey
Kesh Jig
Kitchen Girl [breakdown/reel] by Henry Reed  | (v2)
L
L&N Rag by Alex Hood
La Bastringue
La fée des dents  |  (fiddle, keyboard)
Lady be good  | (v2)
Lamb's wool rag
Last Train To Rajasthan  | (v2)  | (innovative)
Laughing Marg by Jim Mullaney.
Laurel's Reel
Lord of the Dance  | (v2)  | (v3)
Lost Girl  | v2
Lost Indian
M
Maison de Glace (The Ice House) by Peter Martin & Réjean Brunet  | (v2)
Maple Leafs [AABB: 64beats×2; reel][3rd in medley]
Marie's Wedding
March of Saint Timothy by Judi Morningstar  | (v2)
Martha Campbell  | (v2)
Meeting of the Waters  | (v2)
Midnight on the Water
Miss McCloud's Reel  | [fast]
(The) Moon & Seven Stars  | (v2)
Morrison Jig
Mountain Canary
(The) Mouth Of The Tobique
(The) Mountain Road
N
Nail that Catfish to a Tree  | (v2) x  | (v2)
O
Old Grey Cat  |  v2
Old Hag You Have Killed Me
Old Joe Clark  | (v2)  | (sung, lyrics)
On The Danforth [medley] by Keith Murphy
Out on the Road
Up Sligo  | (v2)
P
Paddy on the Railway
Pagosa Hornpipe by Rob Pine
Petronella
(The) Pigeon On The Gate
Polar Bear Jig
Possum Up a Gum Stump
R
Ralph's Watch by Judy Hyman
Red-haired boy  | (v2)
Redwing  | (v2)
Reel de Joie
Reel de Montebello
Road To Lisdoonvarna  | (v2)
(On the) Road to Boston
Robertson's Reel
Rock-a-bye Baby * by Daniel Steinberg
Rock that baby Lucy  | (v2)
Rock the baby Joe  | (v2)
Rolling Wave
Rory O'More  | (danced)
Rosco by Kyle Creed  | (v2)
(The) Rose Tree
S
Sally Ann
Sandy Boys  |  v2
Sarah Armstrong
Scatter The Mud [medley]
(Down by the) Sally Gardens  | (v2)  | (v3)
Seneca Square Dance
Shaking Down the Acorns by Edden Hammons  | (v2)
Shenandoah Falls
Shoes & Stockings by Henry Reed.  | (v2)
Shuffle About
Silver Spear
Six Feet Under * by Becky Tracy.
Snake River Reel  |  v2
Snowflake Reel
Spootiskerry by Samuel Ian ?  | (v2)
Soldier's Joy  | (v2)
Southern Aristocracy
Speed the plow
Squirrel Hunters
Stan Chapman's Jig  |  v2
Star above the Garter  | (v2)
Star Of Munster
Step Around Johnny by Sam Taylor
String of Trucks by Jim Kimball
Stone's Rag by Charles Arrington
Stop Press by Pete Marshall | v2 | v3
Sugar Hill  | (v2)  | (v3)
Sunset's Jig *
Susie and the Zebra Finch *
Swallowtail Jig
Sweet Georgia Brown
(The) Sweeter the Juice
T
Tam Lin  | (v2)
Texas Gals  | (v2)
Torn Jacket [AABB: 64beats×3; reel][2nd in medley]
Tour's End *
Trip to Dingle  | (v2)
Trip to Sofia
Tripping up the stairs  | (v2)
Turkey in the Straw  | (fast)
W
Waiting For The Federals [?Same as Seneca Square Dance]
Walkin' Uptown
Waynesboro/Waynesburgh  | (v2)
West Fork Gals
Whiskey before Breakfast
Wissahicken Drive  | (v2)
Wizard's Walk by Jay Ungar  | (Jacie)  | (Playful)  | (fast)
Y
Year of Jubilo
(The) Yellow Barber
Yellow Rose of Texas
Yvonne Casey's Reel by Yvonne Casey
Z
Zelda




Waltzes

Ashokan Farewell
(Les) Barres de la Prison by Canray Fontenot
Crested Hens (Les Poules Huppées) by Gilles Chabenat  | (v2)
(Waltz for an) Endless Spring by Bill Dudley, [Sheet music]
Equinox Waltz * by David Massey
Firefly [reel]
Haapavesi Waltz by Keith Murphy
Lordags Waltz by Keith Murphy  | (accordian)
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór  | (Story)


Cajun

Chère Bébé Créole


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”).

(What tune is this?) [Dance is Cherokee Shuffle]

“Crooked” 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]  | (complex)
Three Thin Dimes [AABBCC: 96beats; reel]
(The) Mouth Of The Tobique [AABBCC: 96beats; reel]  | (solo fiddle)


80-beat tunes/versions
Maids of Mt Kisco [AABCC: 80beats×3; reel][medley]
Elzic's Farewell [AABCC: 80beats; reel]  | (v2)  | (fast)
Three Thin Dimes [AABCC: 80beats; reel]  | (v2)
Sussex Cotillion [80beats, A A Long-B Long-B; 16 16 24 24]


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  | (v2)
A fig for a kiss  | (v2)
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]


No find

Ginger Sling
Promised Land
Equinox Waltz
Cats and Rats
Full House
In Between Jig
Inside
Katelyn's March
Rock-a-bye Baby (Daniel Steinberg)
Six Feet Under (Becky Tracy)
Sunset's Jig
Susie and the Zebra Finch
Tour's End [Different tunes have this name.]


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