We both write tunes - we've written a lot of tunes! Most are danceable and some are not. I've decided it's time to try and catalogue as many as possible. This page is a work in progress! It started out as a page of dance tunes - but it needs to expand. So keep checking back as I try to list ALL of the tunes we've ever written!
This page is slowly being sorted so it's a useful page for callers to write dances, or for musicians to see how a tune goes! At the moment I'm focussing on waltzes and getting that to be complete. Everything is a bit random and this page is incomplete. I'll be putting the tunes in little tables with the links as I go along and I'll order them in a useful way for dances - but not for finding stuff! So here's a list of the list!
- Waltzes - in progress
- Playford Style Change tunes - in progress
- Jigs
- Reels
- Hopstep Hornpipes
- March
- Slipjig
- Polkas, Polkettes and Squares
- Marches
- Bouree
- Långdans
- Polska
- Schottis / Slängpolska
- Everything else
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Waltz Tunes
| Name (and lesson link) | Who? | Video | Misc |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Little Swedish Waltz | JD | Video | |
| A New Vals | JD | Video | |
| Angarrick | JD | rfu | |
| The Broken Drone | JD | Video | |
| Carrock Fell | JD | ||
| Elsy's Waltz | VS | Video | Session 4 |
| Emily’s Waltz | JD | rfu | |
| Farewell to the Astra | VS | Video | |
| Fikavalsen | VS | Session 4 | |
| Great Hall | VS | Video | |
| Hands Across the Pond | JD | Session 14 | |
| The Kindness of Thwaite | JD | Session 4 | |
| Linnéavalsen | VS | rfu | |
| The Little Pard | VS | rfu | |
| Logan Rock | JD | ||
| Metamorphosis II | JD | ||
| New Years Day Waltz | JD | Video | |
| Näckens Dream Waltz | VS | ||
| One for Diana | JD | Video | Session 8 |
| One for Hame | JD | ||
| Pablo Goes Fishing | JD | Video | |
| Poppy's Present | JD | Video | |
| The Race for Home | VS | Video | |
| The Revelstoke Wedding | VS | Video | Session 8 |
| Rosey Jones | JD | ||
| Scotty's Last Munro | JD | ||
| Silence in the Rain | VS | ||
| The Singi Sunset | VS | ||
| Spegeln - The Mirror | VS | Video | |
| Statoca House | JD | Video | |
| The Thousandth | VS | ||
| Viggo’s Vaggvisa | VS | ||
| Vintage Puget | VS | rfu | Session 14 |
| Waltz for Shari | JD | rfu | Session 4 |
| The Willows | JD | Session 8 | |
| The Winter Wedding | JD | Session 4 |
Playford Style Change Tunes
| Name | Who | Video | Misc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alt Chestnut | JD | ||
| Alt Goddesses | JD | ||
| Alt Maiden Lane | JD | ||
| Always Love Thee More | VS | ||
| Cotton Cottage | VS | ||
| Find the Mole | VS | ||
| Great Hall | VS | Session 17 | |
| John's Maggot | VS | ||
| King of the Giants | VS | ||
| Lollicowlero | VS | ||
| Minor Mount Hills | JD | ||
| The Nudge | VS | Session 17 | |
| The Parsnip Grater | VS | Video | Session 17 |
| Prince Rupert's Socks | VS | Session 17 | |
| The Purshorts | VS | ||
| The Scullery Marinade | VS | Video | |
| The Stranger Companion | VS | ||
| The Tightrope Walker | VS | ||
| Walnut | VS |
Jigs
Agracious Plenty (Jonny) - (AHI June 6th 23)
Andy Clarkes (Jonny) (Fiddleharpa)
Anastasia in D minor (Jonny) - (HMS9)
Controtto (32 bar jig) (Blogger)
Button Oak - Jonny
Dancing Shoes (Jonny) - (HMS9)
Diversion Ahead (Jonny)
Don't Drive Tired (Jonny) (blogger)
Double Shot Coffee (Jonny)
Hyde and Seek (Vicki) - Session 14
Incognito Ian (Jonny) - Session 14
The Japonica Jig (Vicki) - Session 14
JoLaine's Jig (Jonny) - Session 14
The Lace in the Door - Vicki
Maltease - Jonny
Norrahammarsvägen - Vicki
The Piper's Wedding Jig - Vicki
The Polecat - Jonny
Random Things - Jonny - (AHI June 6th 23)
Sunny Skies - Jonny - (HMS9)
Trip to Habertonford - Jonny (Fiddleharpa)
Pine Dance - Jonny
Whist with a Twist - Vicki
Jumping the Beck - Jonny
The Blue Tack Man - Jonny
Pushbike Jig - Jonny
Metamorphosis III & IV - Jonny
To Catch A Cat - Vicki Swan
The Stable Door Part 2 - Jonny
Batten Down the Hatches 1 - Jonny
Batten Down the Hatches 2 - Jonny
Batten Down the Hatches 3 - Jonny
On the Mash - Jonny
Ormistons' Part 1 - Vicki
Reels
Caucasia Contra (Jonny)
The Chicken Run - (Jonny)
Contrapasso (32 bar reel) (Blogger)
Dancing Out (Vicki) - (HMS8)
The Darkside (Jonny)
Doodle Oak Cloggers (Jonny) - (HMS9)
Fiddling About (Vicki)
Hawaiian Contra (Jonny) - Session 14
Hedingham Green (Jonny) - (HMS9)
Lightening the Load - 32 bar version
Lightening the Load - 48 bar version
One for His Nob (Vicki) - (HMS8)
Marvelous Meg (Jonny)
Mid-Year Spice (Vicki)
Mr & Mrs Gr*en's Whimsey (Vicki)
Nancy’s Fancy - Jonny
NEW THREE - Jonny - (AHI June 6th 23)
NEW TWO - Jonny - (AHI June 6th 23)
ReelTease - Jonny
Ride, Norman Ride - Jonny Dyer (Blogger)
Rocking Rocquefort (Jonny)
Seth's Jolly Contra (Jonny) - Session 14
Sleep Deprivation (32 bar reel)
The Squirrel (Jonny) - (AHI June 6th 23)
St Alban's New - Jonny
Spinning Jenny - Jonny
Start the Weekend - Jonny
Sticky Ticket - Jonny
Turn the Wheel - Jonny
Time Out - Jonny
Bare Bones - Jonny
Clattering About - Jonny
Two for His Heels - Jonny
The Three Ashes - Jonny
Tigers Eye - Jonny
Scatter Pipes - Jonny
Caught on Camera - Jonny
Jock's Magic Box - Jonny
Answers on a Postcard - Jonny
The Bodmin Stomp - Jonny
The Good Old Way - Jonny
Pushbike Reel - Jonny
The Homecoming - Vicki
Metamorphosis I - Jonny
Mind the Gap - Jonny
Aussie Piper - Jonny
Euan's Tig - Jonny
The Stable Door Part 1 - Jonny
Odd Socks - Jonny
Going Commando - Vicki
The Checkered Kilt - Vicki
B Minor - Jonny
The Butterdish - Jonny
Pinetree - Jonny
The Hunting Groove - Jonny
In the Kitchen - Jonny
Friday Afternoon - Jonny
Hennessey's Gathering - Jonny
Ormiston's Part 2 - Vicki
The Bowstring Reel - Vicki
Mid-Year Spice - Vicki
Hopstep Hornpipes / Schottis
The Devil's Schottis - Vicki
Hornpipe Hollandica - Jonny
Hunt the Hog - Vicki
Piggelunkschottisen - Vicki - (HMS8)
Stena's Hornpipe - Jonny
The Tomasson Girls -Vicki
Slipjigs
Pinkie and the Cradle - Jonny
That Mallet Moment - Jonny
Sliptease - Jonny
Polkas, Polkettes and Squares
Ankapoo - Vicki - (HMS8)
Dot Dot Dot - Jonny - Session 14
Italian Pants - Jonny - Session 14
New England Square -Jonny
The Näckens Dream Polkette (Vicki)
Riddaren - Vicki
Tongue in Cheek - Vicki - (HMS8)
March
The Cedar Fence - Jonny
Contrarello (16 bar march) (Blogger) - Jonny
Er*thway Green - Jonny
The Halsway Parade - Vicki
The Quantox Reel - Vicki
Hunt the Hog - Vicki
The Three-Legged Rant - Jonny
The Piper's Wedding March - Vicki
Fotspårensmarsch - Vicki
Below this line are more Swedish/Bal Folk stuff
Bourree
Pyramid Bouree (Jonny)
Rum in the Pudding - Jonny
Långdans
Valnöts Långdans
Polska
Bröllopsgåvan - Vicki
Fångset (polska version)
Gruvan - Vicki
Långsammapolskan - Jonny
Näckens Midsommar Polska (in Gm)
Näckens Midsommar Polska (moraharpa)
Två Hjärtans Polska - Vicki
Älgknappen - Vicki
Skäggigtpolskan
Schottis
Lego Bricks - Vicki
Skäggigtschottisen C minor
Skäggigtschottisen G minor
Slängpolskas
Jonny's Jolly Polska
Lille Lappen Lila's Polska (in C)
Fnyka Polskan - Vicki
Below this line are tunes that probably aren't right for dancing
Slow Air
Olle's Födelsedags Låt - Vicki
The Broken Spike - Jonny
Skön Åsa - Vicki
Lament for the Lone Piper - Vicki
Round the World - Vicki
Bowland Bridge - Jonny
Morfar - Jonny
Misc: too fast to dance
Apples and Chairs - Vicki
Andy Jackson's - Jonny
Carrock Fell - Jonny Dyer
Misc: to just not dance
Two for a Pair - Jonny
Hemligheten - Jonny Dyer
How Does it Go? - Vicki
Cartmel Fell - Jonny Dyer
Valhalla Near Basingstoke - Jonny
Wolf Rock's March - Jonny
Misc: odd time signature
Gilwilly - Jonny
Gleowien - Jonny
Chasing the Butterfly - Jonny
Jester's Waltz - Jonny
Echalot - Jonny
Scotty's Last Munro - Jonny
Misc: Catches
Fångset - Jonny
Jonny's Catch No. 1 - Jonny
Shameless - Jonny
Misc: classical
Borealis - Jonny
Elegy - Jonny (blogger)
Elegy (double bass version) Jonny Dyer (blogger)
Jonny's Canon - Jonny (VSJD website)
Minuet - Jonny Dyer
Brudmarsch
Skomakaren - Vicki (blogger)
S*phie's Brudmarsch
Vicki's Beginner Tunes
These are tunes that have been written for teaching purposes. Should they be classed as proper tunes? Some of them are simple and effective and so I think they are tunes - but deserve a different category!
March of the Daffodils
Fallen Apples (child lesson)
Perry the Partridge (Sad)
Perry the Partridge (Happy)
Flagpole Tree
Femtiöringen
Adam's Appleseed in A and Adam's Appleseed in G
Sticky G-n-T
The Jingling Keys
Lampshade Tree
Oskars Schottis - Vicki
Fläderhuspolskan - Vicki
Crab Stretch
Zenbow
Study in D major
Study in G Minor
An Aire for Aires
Spiderfingers
String Crossing Tune
