Ships Are Sailing

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:25 pm

Hey folks,

Was wandering if it's considered more common to play Ships Are Sailing as a single reel or doubled?

I've ran into it in sessions both ways, was just wondering which was more common.

Thanks.

--James

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:44 pm

Yes.

djm

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:56 pm

peeplj wrote:Was wandering if it's considered more common to play Ships Are Sailing as a single reel or doubled?

For what it's worth, I don't believe I've ever run into it played singly.

Hmmm... the Fiddler's Companion gives it as AAB or AABB. It seems to me it would be much nicer AAB. But playing tunes that way seems to have really fallen out of favor....

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:25 pm

"Ships" customarily gets doubled in my locale.

Azalin · Post by **Azalin** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:10 am

I've never heard that tune single.

jb · Post by jb » Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:49 am

Just out of interest, what key is it normally played in?

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:57 am

E Dorian (E with F and C sharp)

DADGAD · Post by **DADGAD** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:06 pm

Also, the B part is both the same.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:19 am

Thanks for the info...I appreciate it!

--James

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:56 am

Doubled in KY.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:23 am

Cathy Wilde wrote:Doubled in KY.

Jelly?

fiddleronvermouth · Post by **fiddleronvermouth** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:35 am

Martin Milner wrote:
Cathy Wilde wrote:Doubled in KY.
Jelly?

Kentucky, methinks.

I've heard it doubled and AAB but it's almost always played double outside Ireland (thinking of Australia, the US and Canada in particular, not knowing much about how they play it in, say, Finland).

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:45 am

fiddleronvermouth wrote:not knowing much about how they play it in, say, Finland).

Well, in Sweden they play it ABBA

fiddleronvermouth · Post by **fiddleronvermouth** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:31 pm

bradhurley wrote:
fiddleronvermouth wrote:not knowing much about how they play it in, say, Finland).
Well, in Sweden they play it ABBA

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:30 pm

Martin Milner wrote:
Cathy Wilde wrote:Doubled in KY.
Jelly?

Thanks, Vermouth. I forget about that sometimes; Martin, you have to put a hyphen in for the other.

You know, I tend to want to play it AAB meself. Something about that B part ... let's really mess things up now!

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