Scottische a Bethanie
A fun jazzed-up version. Hit “show more” for history of the tune:
Bucimis a Bethanie
Scottische a Bethanie
Scottische a Bethanie
Haapavesi is a town in Finland, the site of a large international folk music festival. Wikipedia says the town is also known for skiers and moonshine.
Kevin Carr and others, a pretty version: La Mata Negra, a rocked-out version:
Added a transcription from Ian Law's collection. The B is notated straight, though we play it syncopated, which makes me wonder how the Lark French contingent plays it. Did it start out straight and morph into being swung? Or do they still play it straight? Who knows?
Another Cliff Stapleton tune. In D. Sometimes played in G.
And here's a recording from Blowzabella's Bobbityshooty album.
This is a tune by Andy Letcher. Here is a link to his blog post about music notation which includes the notation for the tune as well as links to a sound a video file.
He does it in G. It also works well in D.
Here is another rendering by an English band :
This is a schottische by Gilles Chabenat. It is in D, sometimes played in G.
The video is English hurdy gurdy maker Neil Brook, playing on an instrument he made from a gourd.
This is a tune from the band Blowzabella. It was written by the hurdy gurdy player Cliff Stapleton. It is notated in D although sometimes played in G.
And here is the track from the album "Bobbityshooty"
One of the tunes we played at the Three Cripples. There is a rest at the end of the first time through the A section. We have been calling it "Let's Get High in the Mountains", which will likely cause someone to twitch. It is notated in G, but sometimes I play it in C.
One of the mazurkas we play at the Crips and the Golden Square
We usuall play it in D/G
Here is a recording with a couple of other tunes preceding it. It starts at 2:44 which is where the link is set to start: