'Upon A Summer's Day'- Playford. With sheet music on screen!

Last year, I meant to make a video to do with the summer solstice, (the longest day of the year) but then I forgot all about it..! This year I remembered my plan a whole two days before the Solstice (21st June) so I had a quick search around for related tunes. I didn't really find anything- but if you know of some solstice-themed songs then please do drop a comment!
Anyway, I did come across 'Upon A Summer's Day' from John Playford's English Dancing Master, so I decided to give it a whirl. Not specifically solstice-y, but summer-y!
Feel free to screen shot the sheet music from my video (i've added in a couple of notes here and there that I ornamented with) or the original, as published in Playford's can be found here:
playforddances.com/dances/upon...
Find me on Instagram: @claythorpemusic
Thanks for watching!

[@cathy7382]

Enjoyed the Playford gig thanks

[@johnscholey6185]

Thank you for the music. I used to dance Playford in a display team, we had a seamstress who made all our faux Tudor costumes, we danced at village fêtes and other events and teamed up with a local Waites group and another band. We were called Heartease, which is another Playford dance/tune and also the name of a flower. Our team colours were purple, green and gold the colours of the flower. We danced to this tune. Most Playford dances start with a figure called “up a double and back.” It has brought back lovely memories of days dancing and friends, some of whom sadly are deceased.

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video- it sounds like your dances must have been very colourful! I like Heartease as a tune too, but so many good ones to choose from.

[@Kingfisherk26]

Thank you for this. I'm just trying to teach myself the recorder at the age of 56. From this clip I went to you Introduction to Playford and am now attempting "If all the world were paper".... Big Pride and Prejudice fan, book and BBC... but I'll leave Grimstock for a while. Mary Bennett can play it better than I. However..." For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?".

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Ahh happy playing! Plenty to keep you going in Playford. Grimstock is a bit fiddly- I think I mess the ending up more often then I get it right! I’m sure we’ll both get there with it one day though!

[@gaynorandrews1684]

Hi. I been looking at p and p too. But a bit advanced just yet for me. I think I could use a recorder lesson now though. No idea where to find a teacher for an old girl like me. Have you recorded yourself doing pride n prej? Love to see it if you have. Perhaps we could encourage claythorpe music here to do a session 😉

[@_Medley_]

i found your channel by complete accident, your editing and your delivery are awesome, you're very entertaining and informative to watch, subscribed!

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Well thank you very much, lovely to have you along! 🙂

[@barnyification]

Cool.. bit spooky.. love it...🥰

[@lv4235]

Beautifully played!

[@charlotteshepherd4908]

Lovely. Thanks for this. xx

[@momida1559]

Oh, I love Playford! A few more suggestions for your summer (to) play-list: - "Sumer is icumen in", an old English canon about the coming of summer - Purcell's Opera "The Fairy Queen" was set for Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". This is such a great treasure! (Recorder pieces! the Chaconne, the Rondeau, the Jig, the Dance of the Fairys,...) - there are many other fairy-themed pieces from Renaissance - "The Fairy Masque", "The Fairee Rownde",... to folk) -Van Eyck "De zoete zoomer tyden" (sweet summertime) - Swedish and Norge traditional folk for midsommar maybe?

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Thanks for the suggestions! I love Sumer is icumen in, I don’t know why I didn’t think of it for this video 🤦‍♀️ I’m practicing Rondeau from The Fairy Queen for my grade exam, but haven’t explored the other pieces from it- I will do. I did De Zoete… for a previous grade exam, and I miss having it in regular practice rotation! I’ll definitely look into Swedish/ Norge folk music, thanks 👍

[@Jim-iw1yd]

Very good tune. My Dad slept in a hammock in the Navy during the war. I asked him how he got off it. "Fall" was the answer.

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

We’ve had the hammock about a year. I still don’t know how anyone can find them relaxing 😂

[@daneddy4685]

Hey, my Dad slept in a hammock, too in the US Navy. He probably got off the same way!

[@MrGREYMATTERS]

HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE!!! 😃

[@luckybarrel7829]

Happy Solstice! And happy to see the recorder make a comeback! Also, now I wanna see a vid of you playing with bad posture and not following the rhythm exactly. Break all rules, be a bada**!!! No don't I'm just bad influence, lol!

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Haha, don’t worry, the recorders will never be far away! I just seem to be assembling a few assorted instruments to support them! My posture is terrible… you have no idea 😂

[@Clarionetist]

This can also be played easily on an alto recorder, an octave lower than you. I played it along with you on my alto Aulos Haka and we sound great together! :-) We seem to be in tune either because we are playing different octaves or because we both play on an Aulos Haka.

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

I put my faith in the Aulos Haka, lol. Great to hear we sound good together! 🙂

[@gaynorandrews1684]

When are you planning another video? Hope you are well and that all is OK.

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Hi Gaynor, I’ve just put a cover video up (House of the Rising Sun). I got totally carried away with the editing and spent far too long on it! I should be putting up another vid very soon too. I’m fine, thank you for asking- just a bit of a break that then coincided with me spending too long on the video, ha! ☺️

[@universe7761]

Nice tune :)

[@zazovecchi]

Nice one

[@gaynorandrews1684]

Can I make a request.... or challenge... how ever you want to view it.... I have been attempting the theme music to Larkrise to candleford. Do you know it. ? Can you have a try at playing it? Would love to hear your efforts as I know you are really good now. Ta

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Hehe, I don’t know about ‘really good now’! I used to love Larkrise, I’d forgotten about it. I’ll have to jog my memory as to the theme- I’ll get back to you on that one!

[@raminagrobiz9233]

Here you can have fun with backing tracks and play baroc pieces with different styles:kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6maamqZjJaYo6s

[@universe7761]

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