Playalong tunes: Grimstock

Playalong tunes: country dance and session tunes played at a steady speed for playing along with, in D or G, or with both keys within the tune. When the instrument used is a melodeon, the keyboard is a standard layout in D/G with standard accidentals at the chin end of the keyboard. Check the end of this video for slow demonstrations. Videos in this Playalong series may be played on a melodeon, fiddle, tenor banjo (tuned GDAE) or whistle. You may find it useful to slow the speed of the video to find out more about how I play this tune; YouTube has this facility in the settings, which can usually be found somewhere in the right of the screen. It is also possible to loop videos so you don't have to keep pressing the start button. Grimstock appears in the 1651 edition of Playford's The Dancing Master, although the Traditional Tunes Archive reports that during the previous century it was already known as a lute piece. In our time, it's a popular session tune because of its simple, driving rhythm. It can be heard played in the keys of both A and G. Search for Singdanceandplay dot net to find written music and information about our friendly tunes playing meetings under the auspices of Goudhurst u3a.