£1.50
Bob and Joan
Download includes the a worksheet (pdf) of Bob and Joan and four recordings of the tune at different speeds, and each in two different keys.
To hear a full play-though of Bob and Joan, visit Stewart’s YouTube Channel (@stewarthardymusic) and find it on The Tune Vault.
Description
Bob and Joan
I first came across this tune when working my way through the manuscript of Northumbrian fiddler, William Vickers and to be honest it completely passed me by! Then I heard it played on the CD Scalene by Sandra Kerr, Nancy Kerr and James Fagin, which turned out to be one of those “Oh, I see!” moments. I’ve loved it ever since. ‘Bob and Joan’ is probably a corruption of ‘Bobbing John’ – aka John Erskine, the 23rd Earl of Mar, whose nickname mocked his apparent ease of drift from Tory to Whig or Hanoverian to Jacobite as need arose.
Download includes the a worksheet (pdf) of Bob and Joan and recordings of the tunes at four different speeds, each in two different keys.
The sheet music (pdf) contains:
- Worksheet containing Source material in A minor and transcription
- Bowing suggestions
- Ornamentation
- Realization
- Em Transposition
- Em Realization
The recordings zip files (both mp3 and m4a files) contain the following in A minor and E minor:
- Melody recorded at full speed with a free interpretation
- Melody recorded at full speed
- Melody recorded at a mid tempo
- Melody recorded at a steady tempo
To hear a full play-though of Bob and Joan, visit Stewart’s YouTube Channel (@stewarthardymusic) and find it on The Tune Vault.
