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Rigs O'Marlow

Style: Headington (Cotswold)
Tune: Rigs O'Marlow
Dancers: 6
Sticks: one 19“ (short) stick
Stepping: Headington single-steps, foot-together-jump
Source: Lionel Bacon, A Handbook of Morris Dances
Chorus: sticking while hopping:
bar #1: 4 hops L–L–L–L; on last two hops, masters strike OT→EB OT→EB
bar #2: 4 hops R–R–R–R; on last two hops, apprentices strike ET→OB ET→OB
bar #3: 4 hops L–L–L–L; on last two hops, masters strike OT→EB OT→EB
bar #4: 4 hops L–R–L–R; strike ET→OB OT→EB ET→OB clash (across)
Repeat.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up & up, chorus, cross over, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, whole hey, chorus & all up

X:1
T:Rigs O'Marlow
C:traditional
M:12/8
L:1/8
S:Bacon
A:Headington
O:English
R:Reel
P:A.(AB)4
K:G major
Q:C3=132
%%MIDI channel 1
%%MIDI control 7 100	% volume = 100
%%MIDI program 41       % General MIDI violin
%%MIDI transpose 0
%%MIDI gchordoff
P:A
|: B2G B2G B2c dcB | A2F A2F A2B cBA | B2G B2G B2c d2g | e2c A2F G3 G3 :|
P:B
|: (gfe) d2c B2c d3 | (gfe) d2c B3 A3 | (gfe) d2c B2c d2c | B2G A2F G3 G3 :|
dances/headington/rigs-o-marlow.txt · Last modified: 2008/02/21 12:27 by Jeff Bigler