Horse's Branle

A "branle" or "bransle" - pronounced "brawl" - is a 16th century French dance which made it's way into Scotland and into northern parts of England. The tune is very old and I'm playing it here in G starting with: tenor guitar, then bringing in some harmony on a mandolin, then adding a fiddle drone, and then acoustic bass guitar, acoustic guitar and some percussion. Just to spice the piece up a little! And to get me off the screen for a bit, there are some brief shots of West Sussex on a lovely, mid-October weekend in the autumn sunshine...

http://www.mjra.net/WillFly.

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Music

Tags:

• Will
• Fly
• 16th
• century
• French
• dance
• music
• acoustic
• tenor
• guitar
• fiddle
• violin
• mandolin

[nicecoolbuddy]

Wow that was a dream! You could have added an outro to it though; it just sounds chopped at the end!

[HenfieldWill]

@nicecoolbuddy Yes - bit abrupt wasn't it! :-)

[elmestra]

Were´s the horse ? oh sorry , excusseme you are living in a beatifull place , I´m from -------barcelona , Spain and you ? many thanks . Martin

[Jimi409]

Excellent playing. I loved your version of Daisy and I had never heard Shanghai Lil before. I may also see Footlight Parade. Thanks and keep up the great music!

[Tooey222]

Very nice guitar and mandolin... You're quite talented!

[Testacabeza]

It reminds me of some music I heard from the Italian region of Piedmont.