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Re: Divided by a common language (was Reels and Hornpipes)

June 1, 2006, 8:38 p.m. (Message 45451, in reply to message 45444)

Assuming you are writing from a Scottish context. In ECD there is 
actually a "rant" step, similar to a Polish two-step, that is used for 
dancing "Moneymusk". Also when Strip-the-Willow is done south of the 
border (High Level Ranters come to mind), they often change tempos one 
of which is to play a "rant", another tune they uses is the "Blue Bell 
Polka" (published by, but not written by Jimmy Shand), which is really 
a schottische as written, and played much too slow for a polka or our 
skip change of step - closer to a very fast Strathspey, which is what a 
schottische is anyway.