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dances:headington:bacca-pipes

Bacca Pipes

Style: Headington (Cotswold)
Tune: Bacca Pipes
Dancers: 1 or 2
Equipment: bagged hankies, crossed clay pipes
Stepping: Headington single-steps, cross-backs, foot-together-jump
Source: Cecil Sharp, The Morris Book, Lionel Bacon, A Handbook of Morris Dances
Setup: the pipes are set up as shown below. Dance positions are numbered 1-8, with the dancer's head facing in the direction of the >. Toe/heel taps occur in positions A-D. (The image is from The Morris Book, by Cecil Sharp.)
Bacca Pipes setup
Distinctive Figures:
Sequence:

X: 1
T:Bacca Pipes
C:traditional
M:6/8
L:1/8
A:Headington
P:A(AB)4AC(CD)4CE(EF)4EG(GH2)4G
K:ADor
P:A
Q:450
c3  c2e|d2c B3 |c2B A3 |B2A G3 |\
c3  c2e|d2c B3 |c2A B2G|A3  A3 ||
P:B
g2f g2e|d2B G3 |g2f g2b|a2f d3 |\
g2f g2e|d2B G2B |c2A B2G|A3  A3 ||
P:C
B|c2B c2e|d2B G2B|c2A ABc|B2G E2 B |\
c2B c2e|d2B G2B|c2A BAG|A3 A2 ||
P:D
f|g3  gfe|d2B G3 |g3  gab|a2g e3 |\
g3  gfe|d2B G2B |c2A B2G|A3 A2 ||
P:E
K:D
Q:450
B|c2B c2e|d2c B2B|c2B A2A|G2F E2B|\
c2B c2e|d2c B2B|c2A B2G|A3  A2 ||
P:F
f|g2f g2e|d2c B3 |g2f g2g|a2g e2f|\
g2f g2e|d2c B2B|c2A B2G|A3  A2 ||
P:G
K:ADor
Q:300
B|c2B c2e|d2c Bcd|c2B ABc|B2G E2B|\
c2B c2e|d2c Bcd|c2A B2G|A3  A2 ||
P:H
f|g2f g2e|d2B G3 |g2f g2e|f3  def|\
g2f g2e|d2B GAB|c2A B2G|A3  A2 ||
dances/headington/bacca-pipes.txt · Last modified: 2008/02/21 12:52 by Jeff Bigler