http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0918&Creator=1&Creator_Manuscript=1 http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0919&Creator=1&Creator_Manuscript=1
They are two consecutive pages of a dance book by James Scott Skinner. There are descriptions of dance steps for a Highland Schottishe and a German Schottishe.
I can't provide a definitive answer on the difference between a strathspey and a highland reel either. However, the FAQ page on Alan Ng's Irish music website http://www.irishtune.info/ implies that the term "Highland reel" might be used by people in Northern Ireland for "Strathspey".
Now I'll let the people who know what they're talking about answer.
Randy.
At 11:03 AM 30/07/2004, you wrote:
I suppose I shouldn't bother the list with questions that strictly speaking have nothing to do with abc, but since there are so many British music experts here, I take the chance:
As far as "official kowledge" goes, the schottische (and the ecossaise) is a continental 18th/19th Century attempt to imitate Scottish music, about as genuine as a von Bismarck tartan.
Yet in a early 20th Century collection of Scottish fiddle tunes I found "Orange and Blue" (usually known as a strathspey) presented as a "Highland Schottische." What does that mean? The Scots trying to imitate Scottish music? Did the dance at some point make it to its assumed home country? Or does the schottische actually have some genuine roots in the highlands?
And since I'm bothering you all anyway: is there any difference between a strathspey and a highland reel?
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