{"id":151240,"date":"2023-04-25T22:11:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T02:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&#038;p=151240"},"modified":"2023-11-26T07:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T12:08:27","slug":"english-country-dances-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/kathleen-blackwell-plank\/english-country-dances-2\/","title":{"rendered":"English Country Dances"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Listen<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jenny Pluck Pears\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nz8_xi_XaVk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kathleen Blackwell-Plank performs Jenny Pluck Pears. The music is coupled with her nature photography.<\/p>\n<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Green Sleeves and Yellow Lace<br \/>\nGoddesses<br \/>\nJenny Pluck Pears<\/p>\n<h3>Note from the arranger<\/h3>\n<p>The country dance genre emerged during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558 \u2013 1603). The style of dancing appears to be a combination of Continental courtly dance brought to the English court by Italian dancing masters and the dances done by English country folk. John Playford (1623-1686\/7) was a London bookseller, publisher, musician, and dance enthusiast. During the late 19th and early 20th century many countries undertook efforts to preserve and revive disappearing language, music, and culture. It was during this time of nationalistic interest that Cecil Sharp was instrumental in re-discovering and promoting English country dancing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Green Sleeves and Yellow Lace &#8220;is a variation of the ubiquitous Greensleeves. The verse of Greensleeves utilizes the chord progression <em>passamezzo antico<\/em> and in the chorus the chord progression <em>romanesca<\/em> is used. Kathleen Blackwell-Plank\u2019s arrangement utilizes a variation of these patterns utilizing Em in place of E and occasionally using the VI or F chord. In this arrangement the melody of the chorus has been slightly altered to avoid a lever change to F-natural. The rhythm is changed slightly and the note A is substituted in place of the F-natural. Two F-sharps are set at the beginning of the piece and no lever changes are required. This arrangement uses rolled chords, glissandi, and arpeggios. &#8220;Goddesses&#8221; was first published in the first edition of The English Dancing Master in 1651. &#8220;Jenny Pluck Pears&#8221; is in AAB song form. The \u201cA\u201d section is in 6\/8 meter and the \u201cB\u201d section in 3\/4 time. In this fast dance, the dotted quarter note of the \u201cA\u201d section equals the dotted half note in the \u201cB\u201d section. Jenny is a common name for a rustic sweetheart. All three pieces are in A minor. Chord symbols are provided on all pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4>Scroll down to listen.<\/h4>\n<p><em>English Country Dances<\/em> is a collection of traditional English music arranged by Kathleen Blackwell-Plank for lever or pedal harp. The country dance genre emerged during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558 \u2013 1603). The style of dancing appears to be a combination of Continental courtly dance brought to the English court by Italian dancing masters and the dances done by English country folk. This collection includes three country dances. Scroll down for contents and additional notes.<\/p>\n<p>This collection is available as a PDF download for <strong>$12.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pages to print:<\/em> 14 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Duration:<\/em> each piece @ 3:00<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[8361],"product_tag":[477],"class_list":["post-151240","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-kathleen-blackwell-plank","product_tag-harp-solo","pa_artist-blackwell-plank-kathleen","pa_collection-collection","pa_composer-traditional","pa_genre-folk-traditional","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-intermediate","pa_nationality-other-european","first","instock","downloadable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/151240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=151240"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=151240"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=151240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}