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The Ships Set:

Since this is a set of traditional folk tunes, there will be many subtle variations between written versions.  The tunes here have the traditional internal structure of AABBCC.  Each tune is played twice, ie AABBCCAABBCC.

It may seem unusual to have a jig followed by a reel in the same set.  It would be difficult to dance to!  This is explained by the tradition of playing a slow air, followed by a normal-speed reel.  Da Full Rigged Ship can certainly be played as a normal-speed jig, but it has a haunting feel which makes it good as a slower "listening tune".

Here is an mp3 of the set, that we put together at Donald's place one Sunday afternoon.