Another English Country dance from the important collection by John Playford. It goes by in a flash, but has some technical challenges for us to examine.

Skill Builders

Musicality: The tonality is ambiguous in the first full bar, preparing us for the interesting harmonies in the second half.

Left Hand: The first half remains in the first position, allowing us to work on preparing fingers on the new string. We will practice our first/half position shifts in the second half, always with an open string to prepare.

Right Hand: The repeated quarters and dotted quarters need to remain light, while the scalar eighth-notes should be long. Be aware of the backwards eighth-notes in the last bar, making sure they keep the correct accents.