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Alasdair Graham

Are Hornpipes and Reels the same thing?

Sept. 10, 2012, 2:53 p.m. (Message 63094)

While looking up the original instructions for one of John Drewry's dances,
which he specifies as being a HORNPIPE, I discovered that the SCD Database
on the Strathspey Server lists it as REEL, as does MiniCrib.    I then
checked the other three HORNPIPES in John's Canadian Book and they too are
listed as REELS in both MiniCrib and the SCD Database.

The old version of a music database I have lists two of them only.  Both are
shown as HORNPIPES there with the original tune listed as a hornpipe.

Has an error been made in both MiniCrib and the SCD Database?

Alasdair Graham
Dumbarton, Scotland

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