strathspey@strathspey.org:45398

James Tween

Re: Reels and Hornpipes

May 26, 2006, 4:15 p.m. (Message 45398, in reply to message 45395)

That's great -- I guess that just shows that it's rare to hear hornpipey 
hornpipes.  It's that trick of doing a tune with the lift and bounce of a 
Highland strathspey and the speed of a reel.

I know what you mean about being able to hear what makes a tune a hornpipe, 
but it is hard to quantify or qualify.

I think that the amount of discussion on this topic just goes to show the 
difficulty in distinguishing one thing from another here.

- James -