So, what exactly IS a bouree?
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So, what exactly IS a bouree?
I've been playing Crested Hens (such a lovely tune!), and I noticed that it's referred to as a bouree (you'll just have to picture the accent mark over the first e, as I never have been able to get them to work). That's not a term I'm familiar with, and I can't find it in any of my dictionaries. Does anyone know what makes a bouree a bouree (other than being French)?
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I got this from Mirriam Webster online...hopefully it will give you an idea, though I am sure others here can give you a much more specific explanation. I hope this helps a little, though!
"a 17th century French dance usually in quick duple time; also : a musical composition with the rhythm of this dance"
So I guess it's fast and in duple time...as well as being French...but it did spell it bourree, which might facilitate your search, if you try it with that spelling.
"a 17th century French dance usually in quick duple time; also : a musical composition with the rhythm of this dance"
So I guess it's fast and in duple time...as well as being French...but it did spell it bourree, which might facilitate your search, if you try it with that spelling.
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If I remember correctly, a bourreé is a French dance in 2/4 time that usually starts with a pickup. I think it is from the 17 century (a lot of Bach's suites have a bourreé section.) I think it is similar to a gavotte (also common in Bach's music!)
I hope this helps. I wonder if there are any bourreé dance instructors out there?
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I hope this helps. I wonder if there are any bourreé dance instructors out there?
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There's some information in the Encyclopaedia Blowzabellica. Blowzabella was an interesting band in the bagpipy/hurdy-gurdy style. The Encyclopaedia is mainly a collection of tunes they played but there is also some information on dances. There are several bourees in the book. Les Poules Huppees (Crested Hens) is given in 3/8 time. They state "Bourees are danced to either 3/8 or 2/4 tunes. Stepping for the 3/8 tunes is basically a fast waltz. " They then go on to give a brief description of the steps and some dances such as the line bouree, bouree croissee and circle bouree.
If you would like to hear a bit of a Bach bouree played on clawhammer banjo, go to this page and look at Cello Suite III.
http://www.magicbanjo.com/mbanjo_recordings.html
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If you would like to hear a bit of a Bach bouree played on clawhammer banjo, go to this page and look at Cello Suite III.
http://www.magicbanjo.com/mbanjo_recordings.html
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to make things even easier (not) there's also different types of bourrees depending of which part of frances they're from, how many dancers are involved ... what the musicians are wearing, what food they had for lunch, and all sort of little considerations that only us, french people, can understand .... and of course they're all with different time signatures:
X:1
T:Bourree
M:3/8
L:1/8
O:France
R:Bourree
K:GMix
f4e2| d3Ade| fe(df)ed| f2e2d2| f4e2| d4c2| B3ABc| d2B2G2 ::
gdBcd2 |gdBcd2| g3fga| b2a2g2| gdBcd2| gdBcd2| g3fga| g6:|
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X:1
T:Bourree a quatre du Carni
M:3/8
L:1/16
Q:1/8=180
K:C
defdef|e2c2c2|Bcdfed|e2c2c2|defdef|e2c2c2|Bcd2B2|c4c2:|
|:BcdcBA|G4e2|defdef|e2c2c2|BcdcBA|G4e2|def2B2|c6:||
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X:1
T:Bourree
M:C
O:France
K: D
|A>A AB G2 DG | FE FG A/2G/2A/2B/2 AF/2G/2 |
A>A AB G2 DG | FE GFD3 :|
|:G/2F/2|
DE FG A/2G/2A/2B/2 Ad| cd ed A/2B/2A/2G/2 AG/2F/2 |
EE FG A/2G/2A/2B/2 AF/2A/2 | GE GF D3 :|
--------------------------------
X:1
T:Bourree
L:1/8
M:2/4
O:France
R:Bourree
K:DMix
D>E FG| A3 _B/A/| G>A _BG | A>G FE | D>E FG | A3 _B/A/ | G>A GF | E4 ::
d>F GA | c>B AG | F>E FG| A4 | d>F GA | c>B AG | Fd FE | D4 :|
--------------------------------
X:1
T:Bourrée
R:Bourrée à 3 temps
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=190
K:C
e/2f/2|g/2a/2g/2f/2e/2f/2|g2 d/2e/2|f g/2f/2e/2d/2|ece/2f/2|
g/2a/2g/2f/2e/2f/2|g2 d/2e/2|f g/2f/2e/2d/2|c2|
|:G|e3/2f/2e/2d/2|c2G|f3/2g/2f/2e/2|d2G|e3/2f/2e/2d/2|c2c|B/2c/2dB|c2:||
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the original crested hens would have been played much much faster in 3/8.
Olivier
X:1
T:Bourree
M:3/8
L:1/8
O:France
R:Bourree
K:GMix
f4e2| d3Ade| fe(df)ed| f2e2d2| f4e2| d4c2| B3ABc| d2B2G2 ::
gdBcd2 |gdBcd2| g3fga| b2a2g2| gdBcd2| gdBcd2| g3fga| g6:|
--------------------------------
X:1
T:Bourree a quatre du Carni
M:3/8
L:1/16
Q:1/8=180
K:C
defdef|e2c2c2|Bcdfed|e2c2c2|defdef|e2c2c2|Bcd2B2|c4c2:|
|:BcdcBA|G4e2|defdef|e2c2c2|BcdcBA|G4e2|def2B2|c6:||
--------------------------------
X:1
T:Bourree
M:C
O:France
K: D
|A>A AB G2 DG | FE FG A/2G/2A/2B/2 AF/2G/2 |
A>A AB G2 DG | FE GFD3 :|
|:G/2F/2|
DE FG A/2G/2A/2B/2 Ad| cd ed A/2B/2A/2G/2 AG/2F/2 |
EE FG A/2G/2A/2B/2 AF/2A/2 | GE GF D3 :|
--------------------------------
X:1
T:Bourree
L:1/8
M:2/4
O:France
R:Bourree
K:DMix
D>E FG| A3 _B/A/| G>A _BG | A>G FE | D>E FG | A3 _B/A/ | G>A GF | E4 ::
d>F GA | c>B AG | F>E FG| A4 | d>F GA | c>B AG | Fd FE | D4 :|
--------------------------------
X:1
T:Bourrée
R:Bourrée à 3 temps
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=190
K:C
e/2f/2|g/2a/2g/2f/2e/2f/2|g2 d/2e/2|f g/2f/2e/2d/2|ece/2f/2|
g/2a/2g/2f/2e/2f/2|g2 d/2e/2|f g/2f/2e/2d/2|c2|
|:G|e3/2f/2e/2d/2|c2G|f3/2g/2f/2e/2|d2G|e3/2f/2e/2d/2|c2c|B/2c/2dB|c2:||
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the original crested hens would have been played much much faster in 3/8.
Olivier
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Thanks all! You're right...I'd left off an "r", which is probably why I couldn't find it (note to self: pay closer attention to spelling of foreign words when seeking definition).
I'm rather glad someone (Solas?) decided to slow this tune (Crested Hens) down a bit...It's a pretty dance tune played in 3/8, but in 3/4 it makes an exquisite air. Makes me think of skating through falling snow.
I was playing it along with the CD accompanying L.E. McCullough's "Complete Tin Whistle Tunes" book today, and was rather surprised at the very staccato (almost choppy) feel he gives to it. He tongues to a fair-thee-well...not on the attack of the note, but to close it off abruptly. Not a style I find appealing on this particular tune...I find myself wanting to play it very smoothly (very little tonguing, with mostly little slurs to articulate the notes), with the feel of wind blowing across a snowy plain, making the snowflakes dance before they settle softly to earth.
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I'm rather glad someone (Solas?) decided to slow this tune (Crested Hens) down a bit...It's a pretty dance tune played in 3/8, but in 3/4 it makes an exquisite air. Makes me think of skating through falling snow.
I was playing it along with the CD accompanying L.E. McCullough's "Complete Tin Whistle Tunes" book today, and was rather surprised at the very staccato (almost choppy) feel he gives to it. He tongues to a fair-thee-well...not on the attack of the note, but to close it off abruptly. Not a style I find appealing on this particular tune...I find myself wanting to play it very smoothly (very little tonguing, with mostly little slurs to articulate the notes), with the feel of wind blowing across a snowy plain, making the snowflakes dance before they settle softly to earth.
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