Annotation:Dispatch (The)
X:1 T:Dispatch, The C:John Hall M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig or Waltz Q:”Waltz Time” B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, p. 2) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104981834 N:”Printed and sold by John Hall, at his Music Room.” N:Hall was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. N:Hall (1788-1862) was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. His dancing master’s ‘kit’ N:(a small fiddle) used in his dancing lessons, is still preserved. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F c|Sf2f fed|c2B A2c|d2d bag|Tf3 {gf}e2c| f2f fed|c2B A2c|def gab|cde f2!fermata!|| c|ceg bge|cfa c'2a|(c'b)g (ba)f|(a3 g2)c| ceg bge|cfa c'2a|c'bg baf|efg bagS!D.C.!||
DISPATCH, THE. Scottish, Waltz or Slow Jig (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Ayrshire violinist and dancing master biography:John Hall (1788-1862). While it is noted in 6/8 time, Hall gave the direction it should be played "in Waltz Time." He noted the triple-time tune in 6/8 time rather than the usual 3/8 of early waltzes or 3/4 time of later ones, but the waltz was a fairly new dance form, only introduced to Britain at the end of the first decade of the 19th century, and the custom for waltz notation had probably not consolidated in Hall's region.
