Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.
Also known as Gallopade, The Gallopade, Gallopede, Galopade, The Galopade, Galopede, The Galopede, Persian Dance, The Persian Dance, Persian Ricardo, The Persian Ricardo, Yarmouth, Yarmouth Reel, The Yarmouth Reel, The Yarmouth.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Gallopede, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Gmaj
|: d>c | B2 c>B A>c (3cBA | G2 F2 G2 A>B | c2 c>d e>d (3dcB | A>G (3GFE D>dc>d |
B>dc>B A>cB>A | G2 G2 G2 A>B | c>BA>G F>G (3AGF | G2 D2 G2 :|
d>c | B2 g>f e2 e>d | d>c (3Bcd A2 d>c | B>Gg>f e>dc>B | A2 F2 D2 d>c |
B>Gg>f e>d^c>d | d>cB>c A2 d>c | (3Bcd c>B A2 (3cBA | G2 G2 G2 ||
(3ABc | .d2 (3ddd .d2 g2 | .d2 (3ddd .d2 g2 | .d2 .d2 .e2 (3dcB | .A2 .A2 A2 B>c |
.d2 (3ddd .d2 (3ggg | .d2 (3ddd .d2 g2 | .b2 .g2 a>g (3fga | g>d (3cBA G2 |]
|: d2 | B2 B2 A2 AB | G2 G2 G2 AB | cBcd edcB | A2 A2 A2 dc |
B2 Bc A2 AB | G2 GF G2 AB | cBAG FGAF | G2 G2 G2 :|
|: d2 | B2 gf e2 ed | dcBc A2 dc | B2 gf edcB | A2 A2 A2 dc |
B2 gf e2 ed | dcBc A2 dc | B2 dB AcBA | G2 G2 G2 ||
|: B2 | .d2 .d2 d2 g2 | .d2 .d2 d2 g2 | .d2 .d2 edcB | .A2 .A2 A2 Bc |
.d2 .d2 d2 g2 | .d2 .d2 d2 g2 | e>dcB dcBA | .G2 .G2 G2 |]
"The Persian Dance" ~ an earlier and shorter transcription
~ minus the middle part:
X: 1134
P: The Persian Dance
T: Persian Dance
O: Nathaniel Gow, dances, 1812
R: country dance / reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G Major
|: dc |
B2 Bc A2 AB | G2 G2 G2 AB | cBcd edcB | A2 A2 A2 dc |
B2 Bc A2 AB | G2 G2 G2 AB | cBAG FGAF | G2 G2 G2 :|
|: Bc |
.d2 .d2 .d2 g2 | .d2 .d2 .d2 g2 | .d2 .d2 edcB | AGAB A2 Bc |
.d2 .d2 .d2 g2 | .d2 .d2 .d2 g2 | d2 B2 dcBA | G2 B2 G2 :|
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan
"The Gallopede" / "The Yarmouth Reel"
I have also seen transcriptions for this where the B & C (2nd & 3rd) parts repeat. I didn't learn or play it that way, but I did enjoy playing it with swing, while realizing that a lot of folks don't. I also like the dance, including 'Petronella', which it is also used for, danced with a schottische step, or the basic hop123, hop123, hop step, hop step, hop step, hop step...
Here is a Lancashire transcription I found on the Internet, for comparison:
X: 1
T: The Persian Ricado. TLY.012
T: Gallopede. TLY012
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
S: Wm.Tildesley, Swinton,Lancs.1860s
R: Gallop
O: England.
A: Lancashire.
H: 1860.
Z: Taz Tarry.
K: G Major
|: dc |
B2 Bc A2 AB | G2 G2 G2 AB | c2 cd B2 Bc | A2 A2 A2 dc |
B2 Bc A2 AB | G2 G2 G2 AB | cBAG FGAB | G2 G2 G2 :|
|: dc |
B2 gf e2 ed | dcBd A2 dc | B2 gf edcB | A2 A2 A2 dc |
B2 gf e2 ed | dcBd A2 dc | BdcB AcBA | G2 G2 G2 :|
|: Bc |
d2 d2 d2 g2 | d2 d2 d2 g2 | d2 d2 edcB | c2 A2 A2 Bc |
d2 d2 d2 g2 | d2 d2 d2 g2 | d2 Bc dcBA | G2 G2 G2 :|]
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan
I was surprised this old war horse wasn't already here. I won't be surprised if it is... I've given two distinct versions for it in the transcription, swung and straight... I hope to see some of your ways with it added here in the comments...
# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan
'hop123', alias the 'skip-change' step, for which, along with swing and good chocolate, I have a weakness for...
# Posted on May 15th 2007 by ceolachan
The Fiddler's Companion ~ Andrew Kuntz
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/GAA_GAL.htm#GALLOPEDE
Gallopede ~ The title of the tune is really a generic term for a type of once extremely popular early 19th century country dance, the 'galop', also spelled gallopede, galopade or gallopade, which features a simple rhythm and a hop or change of step at the end of each phrase. At one point in the dance couples 'galop' up or down the center of the lines. It appears in English manuscripts of the early 19th century (John Moore, John Clare) under the title "Persian Dance" or "Persian Ricardo," however, the first published version appears in Preston’s 24 Country Dances for 1801. Flett & Flett (1964) state that in Scotland the Galop or Galopede received a 'lukewarm' welcome in the first few decades after its introduction, but gained steadily in popularity with the coming of the polka in 1844 and the resulting surge of interest in 'circle' dances in that country. As "Gallopede," it has been routinely heard at New England contra dances during the 20th century. Under the “Persian” or “Persian Ricardo” titles it appears in numerous early 19th century English fiddlers’ manuscripts.
PERSIAN DANCE, A. AKA and see "Gallopede," "Persian Ricardo." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). England; Shropshire, Lincolnshire. G Major (Ashman): D Major (Sumner). Standard. AABBCC. The tune is well-known nowadays under the “Gallopede” title, especially at New England contra dances, although many early 19th century English fiddlers’ manuscripts list it under the “Persian” or “Persian Ricardo” title. In addition to the printed collections below, it appears under that title in the separate 19th century music manuscripts of Lancashire musicians James Nuttall and William Tildsley. Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 61, pg. 24. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 22 (appears as “Persion”).
# Posted on May 15th 2007 by ceolachan
"Petronella" ~ a dance and tune this is sometimes mated to
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on October 27th 2002 by SPeak.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1083
# Posted on May 15th 2007 by ceolachan
If you really want it Persian...
flat the As and Es for an "interesting" ramble.
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by muspc