Our band is playing for a wedding in a couple of weeks time. One of the dances is a two-step. Does anyone have any suggestions on what type of tune and what tempo might work for this. Any specific tunes?
Dave Copley
Loveland, Ohio
4-4 time. Think honky-tonk. Definitely not Irish, but Bob Wills, Ray Price, Johnny Bush, etc., etc.
Forgive me for this hijack–I know nothing about two-step
I’m afraid. There has been a report here that
you are making G flutes. The question has also come up
whether you can make G bodies for F flute headjoints,
and possibly vice versa. Grateful if you can say
something about this, best, Jim
X: 1
T: Maple Sugar Gal - Two Step
R: march, polka
Z: John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu>
S: handwritten MS
M: 2/4
Here’s a two step that’s easy to play.
L: 1/8
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/OldTimey/tune/MapleSugarGal_A.abc 2007-06-13 23:18:30 UT
K: A
cd
| "A"e2 e>f | ed cB
| c2 c>d | c2 dc
| "E7"cB Bc | d>c cB
|1 cc cd | cA
:|2 "A"A4- | "fine"A2 GA ||[K:E]
|: "E"B2 B>c | BG Be
| g2 g>f | eB de
| "B7"f2 f>g | fd cd
|1 "E"e2 dc | "B7"BG Ac
:|2 "E"e2 e>f | "E7"e=d “d.C.”|]
I got it from the site mentioned a few threads down (Garageband for Irish flute), but didn’t search using “Two step”.
Hugh.
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind
I put “two step” in the search box, and came up with another 5 or 6 two steps.
Hugh
I was wondering if swingy polkas might work … being 2/4 and all … ?
Up and Away and The Merry Girl might be fun 
Just occurred to me that there is a great set of two-steps on the last track of John Carty’s most recent solo album, i will if i can.
Thanks for all the responses and links. Looks like there are quite a few tune possibilities, and also a slightly sped up barn dance should work.
To answer Jim Stone’s question, I will be making a G flute using the same head and foot as the F flute (Hawkes and Son design).
Dave Copley
Loveland, Ohio
The fiddler James Morrison recorded a few tunes labeled as two-steps, but I’m not sure if they are the kind of tune you need. They are very unusual for irish music, as far as I can tell.
Errr… yeah, they’re tunes he learned in America. Are there any native two-steps in Ireland?
They may have been called two-steps by a record manufacturer for lack of a better term.
How about The Happy One-Step?
Most country-western dancing is the two-step here in the USA, isn’t it?