Reel in some dance terminologies means a hey - or a figure of 8 thingummyjig (sic) ... in other contexts it means a dance where one measure is used for moving (sometimes, but not always, in a hey) and the other measure is stepped on the spot.
--On Thursday, January 09, 2003 17:57:41 +0000 John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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This is an ongoing point of confusion. In at least some cases, the term "reel" gets applied to things in other rhythms because it's also a dance term. It's a name of a kind of dance figure. Dances are often strongly associated with specific tunes, and a dance's name easily gets transferred to its tune.
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