Mel Bay Playford for Mandolin: 121 Tunes from the Playford Dancing Masters - Goodin - Mandolin TAB - Book

Arranger: John Goodin
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Mandolin TAB
Level: Intermediate

From 1651 to 1728 John Playford, his son Henry, and John Young published multiple editions of the Dancing Master-collections of dance instructions and musical accompaniment. Over 500 distinct tunes were printed in these volumes and they give us one of the best pictures of English popular dance music in the 17th and early 18th centuries. This book presents 121 of these tunes adapted for the mandolin -- all are written in standard notation and tablature, with chord symbols. Several pieces have been transposed into more mandolin-friendly keys. Suitable for use in teaching and performance, many of these tunes are still played by musicians today both for pleasure and dance accompaniment.

Song List:

• Alchurch
• All in a Garden Green
• Amaryllis
• Apley House
• Argiers
• Bartholomew Fair
• Bellamira
• Bishop of Bangor's Jig
• Black and Grey
• Blackheath
• Boatman
• Bonny Dundee
• Bonny Grey-Ey'd Morn
• Bouzer Castle
• Bury Fair
• Buskin
• Captain's Maggott
• Chelsea Reach
• Cherry Garden
• Chestnut
• Childgrove
• Christchurch Bells
• Christmas Cheer
• Cockleshells
• Coronation Day
• Count Tallard
• Country Farmer
• Coxes Dance
• Cuckolds All in a Row
• Daphne
• Dragoon's March
• Drive the Cold Winter Away
• Duke of Gloucester's March
• Duke of Grafton's March
• Duke of York's March
• Dull Sir John
• Easter Eve
• Easter Tuesday
• Ely Court
• Epping Forest
• Figure Dance
• Fine Companion
• Freeman's Dance
• French Ambassador
• Frolic
• From Aberdeen
• Fy, Nay, Prithee John
• Glory of the Sun
• Goddesses
• Greensleeves and Pudding Pies
• Greenwich Park
• Grenadiers' March
• Haphazard
• Happy Marriage
• Hayn's Jig
• Heart's Ease
• Hyde Park
• Italian Rant
• Jack's Farewell
• Jack's Maggot
• Jamaica
• Ladies' Maggot
• Ladies of London
• Lady Day
• Lady Frances Nevill's Delight
• Last New Vagaries
• Lilli Burlero
• Lord Phoppinton
• Lull Me Beyond Thee
• Mad Dick
• Maiden Lane
• Maid's Morris
• Mardike
• More the Merrier
• Moulson's Jig
• Mount Hills
• Mr. Lane's Maggot
• Mug-House
• Never Love Thee More
• New Bouree
• New Metar
• New New Exchange
• New Rigaudon
• Newcastle
• Nottingham Castle
• Old Noll's Jig
• On the Cold Ground
• Ormond House
• Parson's Farewell
• Pell-Mell
• Porter's Dream
• Portsmouth
• Prince George
• Prince George's March
• Prince Rupert's March
• Princess
• Putney Ferry
• Quaker's Grace
• Queen's Birthday
• Rummer
• Shepherd's Daughter
• Siege of Buda
• Solomon's Jig
• St. Catherine
• St. Martins
• St. Martin's Lane
• Stanes Morris
• Strawberries and Cream
• Sweet Kate
• Sweet William
• Thomas You Cannot
• Twelfth Eve
• Tythe Pig
• Under and Over
• Wallingford House
• Waltham Abbey
• Well Hall
• Westmorland
• Whitehall Minuet
• Wimbleton House
• Wooden Shoes