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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Kevin Barry is tricksy by being an Irish folksong using an earlier English tune - Rolling Home To Merry England. The #music is a slow #waltz as a #dance : www.pedag.org/dance/music/... That's all from Ireland for now: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I decided to arrange The Flight Of The Earls as a #tango #dance from the modern ballroom styles. The #music / tune used is actually My Native Land. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Parting Glass is yet another of the songs from Ireland where the #music seemed most suited to being a #rumba from the modern #dance styles: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The #music for Molly Brannigan also seemed to me to be best arranged as a #rumba from the modern #dance styles. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The ballad form folksongs usually seem to me to be most suited to being turned into a #rumba within the modern #dance styles. So that's what I've done with the #music for Down By The Salley Gardens: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The #music for The Wearing Of The Green also seemed to me to be best arranged as a #quickstep from the modern #dance styles. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Galway Piper is a jolly little tune and I've arranged the #music as a #quickstep from the modern #dance styles (although still being a folksong rather than big band jazz). www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Red Fox is the #music used for the words of the song Let Erin Remember The Days Of Old; so of course I arranged it as a #foxtrot from the modern #dance styles. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I've arranged the #music for Kitty Of Coleraine as a strict tempo #viennese #waltz because you don't want all the rubato a singer might put into it when it's a #dance www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Croppy Boy was always a #waltz but there were more timing issues than just the choice of #dance style. The #music had been written down to cross bar lines in a weird way which destroyed the natural flow and emphasis. My version is in strict tempo instead. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's another slow #waltz #dance for the #music to Bendemeer's Stream: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I decided to go with the slow #waltz #dance tempo for the #music of The Rose Of Tralee: www.pedag.org/dance/music/... The ongoing Irish folksong page is here: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The #music for The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls seemed like it might work as a #tango from the modern #dance styles, because the lyrics are somewhat martial rather than wholly a ballad (which I would translate as a rumba). www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've arranged the #music for The Minstrel Boy as a #cha-cha from the modern #dance styles. I'm still experimenting with the MIDI percussion to find adequate compromises on adding a little latin flavour without destroying the folksong. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've arranged the #music for The Londonderry Air / Danny Boy as a #rumba - although it feels somewhat fast, even at that slow #dance style, compared with some vocal performances. I've also been experimenting with the available standard MIDI percussion. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've arranged the #music for Killarney as a slow #foxtrot from the modern #dance styles. It feels to me like that might be a little fast but it would be far too slow as a Viennese. So maybe another swing style or the older two-step would be a better match. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The #music for The Gentle Maiden also fits naturally into the #Viennese #waltz #dance style. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The #music for The Dear Little Shamrock is very appropriately in triple time (for the 3 leaflets). I arranged it as a #viennese tempo #waltz from the modern #dance styles. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Since most folk waltzes were originally at an intermediate old-time tempo, I've also tried the #music for Cockles And Mussels (Molly Malone) as a #viennese #dance : www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The #music for Cockles And Mussels was already a #waltz so the choice was merely which #dance tempo. Here it is in a slow version: www.pedag.org/dance/music/... NB still growing that Ireland section: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The tune / #music for Dear Harp Of Erin is very short. While it's clearly a #waltz and can be used for the slow tempo variety of that #dance it would require a lot of repeats. I tried re-including an introduction each time to pad it out a bit. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The next set of folksongs are from Ireland. So there's a new page for them: www.pedag.org/dance/music/... I've done the #music for The Last Rose Of Summer as a slow #waltz from the modern #dance styles because it was already a waltz. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A #tango seemed to me to be the most suitable #dance style for the #music to Wae's Me For Prince Charlie. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The #music for Oh Rowan Tree seemed quite jolly, so I thought it might work well as a #quickstep from the modern #dance styles. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I thought the #music for The Road To The Isles would roll along nicely as a slow/smooth #foxtrot out of the modern ballroom #dance styles. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The #music for Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon seemed most suited to the faster #Viennese #waltz #dance tempo. www.pedag.org/dance/music/... There's quite a long repetitive section of melody using the same arpeggiated chord which would be even worse at the slow tempo.

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here's the Skye Boat Song again but this time with the #music at #viennese #waltz tempo - the other modern extreme for that #dance form. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The #music for the Skye Boat Song was always going to be a #waltz but it's then a question of tempo. Here it's the slow #dance style: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The #music for Flow Gently, Sweet Afton was already in #waltz form and the slower #dance style seemed the most appropriate. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It seemed appropriate to turn the #music for My Luve Is Like A Red Red Rose into a #tango given the stereotype of tango #dancers clutching roses between their teeth. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The #music for A Highland Lad is actually The White Cockade. I decided to turn it into a #cha-cha (of sorts) as the closest match from the modern #dance styles but with more of a Scottish bagpipe drone than Latin percussion. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The most appropriate #dance style for the #music of Loch Lomond seemed to be a #rumba www.pedag.org/dance/music/... Despite trying to simplify it, it still has too many chords for Latin American though.

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I've arranged the #music for Caller Herrin' as a #quickstep from the modern #dance styles: www.pedag.org/dance/music/... It seems quite appropriate for a song about market & street traders trying to sell their wares.

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The inverted syncopation of many Scottish songs make them tricky as ballroom #dance tracks. I've tried to constrain the bounce in the #music of Comin' Thro' The Rye to turn it into a slow/smooth #foxtrot but it joyfully prances off anyway. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

... and the #viennese #dance version of the #music for Robin Adair is here: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The #music for Robin Adair is clearly a #waltz but, because a strict tempo is required for the #dance styles (unlike the ridiculous amounts of rubato in some performances), I tried out both options. Here it is as a slow/English waltz: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I arranged the #music for Baloo Baleerie as a slow #waltz from the modern #dance styles because it's a lullaby. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I decided to try the #music for Will Ye No Come Back Again as a #samba - because it does have some dotted rhythm even if it's not meant to be a party #dance song. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I turned the #music for Annie Laurie into a cha-cha #dance - although not with Latin American styling, just a simple woodblock rhythm again. The tune still has the characteristic Scottish inversion of the dotted beat in places. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I also tried the #music for Auld Lang Syne as a #rumba #dance but that does make it quite slow, like a lullaby rather than with Latin Americanised passion, maybe for all the friendly drunks finally falling asleep. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I thought I'd try the #music for Auld Lang Syne as a #tango #dance style - because sometimes people are quite aggressive about it as well as passionate: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The closest match of #dance style for the #music of The Bluebell Of Scotland seemed to me to be a #quickstep but I'm sticking with the same soft folky instrumentation rather than bringing a big band sound (more swing with brass and cymbal crashes etc) to it: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I've arranged the #music for Charlie Is My Darling as a slow/smooth #foxtrot from the modern set of #dance styles. It's notable that the chorus functions as the intro as well as completing each verse. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I turned the #music for Weaving Lilt into a #Viennese #waltz because that seemed most appropriate: www.pedag.org/dance/music/... Its ABACBA structure is slightly strange because C is more of an interruption between A and B and then the final A doesn't feel complete without B.

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The #music for Barbara Allen is already a #waltz from the modern #dance styles - although it's noticeable that the first beat of the bar is not the only one with emphasis. This is a relatively common (but not exclusive) feature of Scottish tunes. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Moving onto the Scottish trad/folk section, the #music for On The Banks Of Allan Water is obviously a #waltz in #dance style but, more contentiously, was actually written by an English man about a Scottish river. www.pedag.org/dance/music/... The new Scotland page: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I had previously arranged the #music for All Through The Night as a rumba - a conventional choice. But yesterday morning it suddenly occurred to me that the title could be a #samba #dance about a party instead. So here's that version too: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Since the title Suo Gan just means lullaby, the most appropriate #dance style for (non-waltz) #music becomes a #rumba (although not with a Latin American feel). www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The #music for Myfanwy is most clearly a #rumba from among the modern #dance styles but it's not really Latin American in style. www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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SEF @sef-lopod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

On The Seashore is not a song from my own childhood. So I don't know which of the 3 tunes I found is "correct". They're all short - just 8 bars of #waltz #music - but 2 were compatible with each other. So I combined those ones together for this arrangement: www.pedag.org/dance/music/...

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