Dances in The Dancing Master, 7th ed. (John Playford, 1686, London)

An online copy of the original may be found here.

Table of Contents

• Duple Minor
  • Duple Minor proper
  • Duple Minor indecent
• Triple Minor
  • Triple Minor proper
• Longways
  • 3 Couple Longways proper

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper no progression

Excuse Me ~ Neal

John Playford 1686 John & William Neal 1726

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper

The 29th of May ~ Hume		John Playford 1686 Colin Hume 1995	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The 29th of May ~ Sharp		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1911	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Excuse Me ~ Barraclough		John Playford 1686 Barraclough 1978		Duple Minor
Excuse Me ~ Callens		John Playford 1686 Philippe Callens 2002		Duple Minor
Excuse Me ~ Christian		John Playford 1686 Graham Christian 2001 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Excuse Me ~ Pat Shaw		John Playford 1686 Pat Shaw 1963		Duple Minor
The Fit's Come on Me Now		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1916		Duple Minor
Fourpence, Ha'penny, Farthing #1		John Playford 1688 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Haphazard		John Playford 1686 Tom Cook (mod) 1979		Duple Minor
The Jockey #1		John Playford 1688 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Love Lies A'Bleeding		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1916		Duple Minor
Pall-Mall		John Playford 1686 Andrew Shaw 2017	MGM and Reunion	Duple Minor
Pell-Mell		John Playford 1686 Andrew Shaw 2017	MGM and Reunion	Duple Minor
Prince George		John Playford 1686 Pat Shaw ~1965	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Sion House		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Twenty-Nineth of May ~ Hume		John Playford 1686 Colin Hume 1995	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Twenty-Nineth of May ~ Sharp		John Playford 1686 Cecil Sharp 1911	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Vienna		John Playford 1686 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor
Westmoreland		John Playford 1686 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor
Wolverton Hall ~ Bentley		John Playford 1686 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor
Wolverton Hall ~ Callens		John Playford 1686 Philippe Callens 1996		Duple Minor

Duple Minor indecent

Wolverton Hall ~ Bolton

John Playford 1686 Charles Bolton 1997

Duple Minor

Triple Minor

Triple Minor proper

Black and Grey		John Playford 1686 Andrew Shaw 2009	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies		John Playford 1686		Triple Minor

Longways

3 Couple Longways proper

Cupid's Garden ~ Bolton		John Playford 1688 Charles Bolton 1989	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Cupid's Garden ~ Hume		John Playford 1688 Colin Hume 2020	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

This list contains all dances in the book which I have animated (and which first appeared in this edition of the Dancing Master) for a complete list of dances in the book see here.

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