All in a Garden Green ~ Playford
All in a Garden Green ~ Playford 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 2019. It is a proper 3 Couple Longways dance. There is no progression in this dance. It is a USA dance. The dance lasts 108 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. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color.
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 | |
| I.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 | |
| I.B2 | 1-1 | M1 shake W3 by the hand |
| 2-2 | M1 shake W2 by the hand (M2 moves up) | |
| 3-4 | M1 shake W1 by both hands (M3 moves up) | |
| 5-6 | M1 kiss W1 twice | |
| 7-10 | 1s two hand turn | |
| 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 | |
| II.B1 | 1-1 | W1 shake M1 by the hand |
| 2-2 | W1 shake M2 by the hand (M2 moves up) | |
| 3-4 | W1 shake M3 by both hands (M3 moves up) | |
| 5-6 | W1 kiss M3 twice | |
| 7-10 | W1,M3 two hand turn | |
| II.B2 | 1-1 | W1 shake M3 by the hand |
| 2-2 | W1 shake M2 by the hand (M2 moves up) | |
| 3-4 | W1 shake M1 by both hands (M3 moves up) | |
| 5-6 | M1 kiss M1 twice | |
| 7-10 | 1s two hand turn | |
| III.A1 | 1-4 | Arm right |
| 5-8 | Set and turn single | |
| III.A2 | 1-4 | Arm left |
| 5-8 | Set and turn single | |
| III.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 | |
| III.B2 | 1-1 | M1 shake W3 by the hand |
| 2-2 | M1 shake W2 by the hand (M2 moves up) | |
| 3-4 | M1 shake W1 by both hands (M3 moves up) | |
| 5-6 | M1 kiss W1 twice | |
| 7-10 | 1s two hand turn |
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © ~2019 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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