strathspey@strathspey.org:45657

Alan Paterson

Re: The Breakdown

June 26, 2006, 8:23 a.m. (Message 45657, in reply to message 45656)

On 26/06/2006 05:59, L. Friedman~Shedlov wrote:

> Also, I'm still wondering why DanceData lists the dance as an 8x32.  Is 
> that just an error based on the fact that there is an 8x32 recording of 
> the tune?

No. The music appeared long after the first appearance of this dance in 
the database. It's odd, because my information on John Mitchell's dances 
came out of the original instructions. I must have misread. As I wrote 
earlier, my copy of Book 4 has disappeared, so I cannot check back.


Alan