The Morris Book, Part 1 - A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England by Cecil J. Sharp
page 45 of 94 (47%)
page 45 of 94 (47%)
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When the side is to advance and retire, reversing position at beginning of fifth bar, and in bars 5 to 8 facing the opposite way, then at end of bar 8 forming Front, this will be found marked in the Notation, so: MUSIC. | MOVEMENTS. | FORMATION. | | A. | Down-and-back, Ju. | Column. | Up-and-back, j. (forming Fr.) | Col. to Fr. THE CHAIN. This movement is also completed in eight bars. In the following diagram (Figs. 1, 2, and 3) the movements of the leading three, Nos. 1, 3, and 5, are shown separately to avoid confusion. To begin the Chain the side stands in Column (_see_ p. 48). No. 1 turns _outward_, that is, to the left, and goes forward in an S-shaped double curve as shown, passing in the middle of the curve the place of No. 3, and finishing in the place of No. 5. No. 3 starts out to rightward, and goes in a circle, in the second half of which he is following the first half of No. 1's track. No. 5 starts to leftward, making a double curve as No. 1, but opposite, passing in the middle of it the place of No. 3, and finishing in the place of No. 1. |
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