All in a Garden Green ~ Modern
All in a Garden Green ~ Modern is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Playford (website) in 1651 in The English Dancing Master. It was interpreted by Scott Pfitzinger (website) in about 2919. It is a proper 3 Couple Longways dance. In this dance the couples are permuted by: 231. It is a USA dance. The minor set lasts 36 bars. It is in the key: G Major.
Playford writes:
Lead up all a D. forwards and back, set and turn S. That again First man shake his own wo. by the hand, then the 2. then the 3, by one hand, then the other, kiss her twice and turn her shake her by the hand, then the 2 then your own by one hand, then by the other, kiss her twice, and turn her Sides all, set and turn S. That again This as before, the we. doing it Arms all, set and turn S. That again This as before, the men doing it
The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.
The transcriptions and interpretations of Playford dances found on http://playforddances.com/ from the various editions of The Dancing Master are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
An online description of the dance may be found here.
| I.A1 | 1-4 | Up a double and back |
| 5-8 | Set to partner and turn single right | |
| I.A2 | 1-4 | Up a double, back (again) |
| 5-8 | Set and turn single | |
| II.A1 | 1-4 | Right shoulder siding |
| 5-8 | Set and turn single | |
| II.A2 | 1-4 | Left shoulder siding |
| 5-8 | Set and turn single | |
| III.A1 | 1-4 | Arm right |
| 5-8 | Set and turn single | |
| III.A2 | 1-4 | Arm left |
| 5-8 | Set and turn single | |
| B1 | 1-1 | M1 shake W1 by the hand |
| 2-2 | M1 shake W2 by the hand (M2 moves up) | |
| 3-4 | M1 shake W3 by both hands (M3 moves up) | |
| 5-6 | M1 kiss W3 twice | |
| 7-10 | M1,W3 two hand turn | |
| B2 | 1-1 | W1 shake M2 by the hand |
| 2-2 | W1 shake M3 by the hand (M2 moves up) | |
| 3-4 | W1 shake M1 by both hands (M3 moves up) | |
| 5-6 | W1 kiss M1 twice | |
| 7-10 | W1,M1 two hand turn |
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © ~2919 by Scott Pfitzinger. And is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2021 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
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