Hello everyone:

I have a gigs New Years eve, and they want at least 2-3 Schottische songs, I am clueless regarding this music, I went to see a couple samples in You tube samples, but, one type is a striding kind of skipping Medium Slow Foxtrot like, and the other is fast almost like a Bluegrass-how-down style....I have not clue what to do.
If anyone has couple Midi files of this music, I very much appreciate it, I probably can not learn those by NYE,so, that is why I would use those midi files.
Thank you in advance.
My emails:
manuelphx1@yahoo.com
manuelphx1@aol.com


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mdorantes

Is this what you want, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMpRGWUNtM&feature=related

http://www.whitestick.co.uk/midi.html

A few to download here.
Rightclick and save as... or just click and listen.

Good Luck & Happy X-Mas


.... and here:
http://www.electricscotland.com/music/mmusiccol.htm

[This message has been edited by Gunnar Jonny (edited 12-23-2009).]

Stuff like Good-hearted Woman, I Walk The Line will work.
Sweetheart Shottish is Tulsa Time.
DonM

I just sent you a zip file with about 8 or 10 midi songs in it.
Hope that helps,
Bebop

I came from Wisconsin where all the Germans settled. I played in bands that performed laendler's, reinlander's and schottische's. These tunes were typically played by polka bnads.

Unless there is another version of this form of music, which there may be, you will want the schottische's to sound like the ones on the link I am including.

We commonly played Oh Susanna Schottische. They have a very distinctive form. The phrases are 2 regular measures followed by a strong 1,2,3 where the dancers would hop, hop, hop. haha

You can especially hear this in the Norweigan Schottische on this page.

I would find out the clients ancestory. My guess is if they are from Germany or northern Europe, they will want what is on the link I have included.

As far as I know, there is nothing Scottish about a schottishe. And if there is, I suppose it came over when the Nord's invaded what is now the UK.
http://www.polkaconnection.com/The-Best-of-Louie-Bashell-P7607C715.aspx

The other name for Oh Susanna Schottische is Noch Ein Immer Trepchen

Hope this helps to allow you to have the kind of music your client is really expecting to hear.

Best
Scott

OK, this peaked my curiosity. Here is the Wikipedia explanation of the word Schottische, which end's with the following:

"Despite the name, this dance has no direct relation with Scotland. The word Schottische is from Germany , not Scotland (the Germans referred to it as Schottische, which means Scottish, for some reason)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schottische

Actually, the following site seems to be a better explanation:
http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3schot.htm

Scott

Just listened to Sweetheart Schottische and Tulsa Time. Wow, this is certainly not what I would expect for a schottische from my background.

I think since you are playing for seniors and if they are from the north like Wisconsin or Minnesota, it will be what I suggested.

The guy I perform with doing ballroom dancing says sometimes people come from the area's I mentioned and request this type of music. He came from Illinois and had never heard of this type of music before.

Guess you'll have to ask specifically what they want so you don't disappoint them.

Thank you so much guys....!!!

I have now PLENTY.....thank you again and have nice Holidays.

Manuel

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mdorantes

If you google "country music Schottische dance" you will find;
The music is in 2/4 time rendered slowly with the effect of 4/4, as well as any Polka ... The country western dance community also has a schottische done in ...
www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3schot.htm

schottische ( ) n. A round dance in 2/4 time. A piece of music for this dance. ... The Schottische is a partnered country dance, Bohemian in origin. ...
www.answers.com/topic/schottische

As a standard country dance in the United States, schottische performance follows two short runs and a hop followed by four turning hop steps: step step step hop, step step step hop, step hop step hop step hop step hop.

Schottisches as danced in the United States (and perhaps in the Anglo-Saxon world in general) are rather different from the ones danced on the Continent (in the context of a bal folk). The American version is much as is described above, that is to say quite large and open, with the first part expressed equally as promenades, individual or led twirls or similar moves, and the second part most often expressed as a close pivot. It seems to be mostly referred to as a "shodish".

so it appears both Don and Scot are correct you need to find out if they want ballroon type Schottische or "shodish".

around here if they say "shodish" they want a line dance or promenade.

Now you know you can have both ready just in case.



[This message has been edited by mikeathome1 (edited 12-24-2009).]