Hit and Misse ~ Hume
Hit or Miss
Hit and Misse ~ Hume or Hit or Miss is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Playford (website) in 1651 in The English Dancing Master, London. It was interpreted by Colin Hume (website) in 2023 and published in Colin Hume's Website. It is a Facing Couples dance. There is no progression in this dance. It is a USA dance. The dance lasts 72 bars.
Meet all a D. back again That again Meet all again, lead each other's woman a D. to the left hand Change hands, meet again, take you own we. and to your places. The S. Hey all four Sides all That again As before As before Arms all That again As before As before
The tune was published by Playford with the dance, Hit and Miss, in 1651, and the music was synthesized by Colin Hume.
The animation plays at 113 counts per minute. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color.
An online description of the dance may be found here.
The dance contains the following figures: USA, set, lead, hey, hey for four, siding, arming (and probably others).
If you find what you believe to be a mistake in this animation, please leave a comment on youtube explaining what you believe to be wrong. If I agree with you I shall do my best to fix it.
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 2023 by Colin Hume. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2024 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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