There are more than 15,000 documented Scottish country dances; only the most frequently danced or otherwise notable ones are listed here.
Dances are marked with the music and dance styles used: R8×32 3C/4 means a Reel of 32 bars repeated 8 times for 3 couples in a set of 4 couples in a longwise set. The letters for the music styles are: R reel; J jig; P polka; S strathspey; W waltz.
Anniversary Reel – R4×32 4C set – Sheila Muir 1987
Awa', Whigs, Awa' (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Hugh Foss Dances to Song Tunes
The Bees of Maggieknockater – J4×32 4C set – John Drewry 1975
The Belle of Bon Accord – S4×32 4C set – John Drewry 1981
Blooms of Bon Accord – R4×32 4C set – John Drewry 1971
Bratach Bana – J8x32 3C/4 – John Drewry 1964
Clutha – R4×48 Square set – unknown 1890
Canadian Barn Dance -
Dashing White Sergeant – 32 bar reel 3 facing 3 round the room – unknown
The De'il Amang the Tailors – R8×32 3C/4 – unknown
The Dream Catcher – S96 Square set – Eileen Orr
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh – R8×40 3C/4 – Allie Anderson & Florence Lesslie The Duke of Atholl's Reel – J8×32 3C/4 – Skillern 1776 The Duke of Perth – R8x32 3C/4 – unknown 1827 The Earl of Mansfield – R4x48 4C – John Drewry 1980 The Eightsome reel – R40+8x48+40 Square set – unknown 1870 Fergus McIver (a.k.a. Waverley) – J8x48 3C/4 – Button and Whittaker 1812 Flowers of Edinburgh – R8x32 3C/4 Hornpipe – unknown The Frisky – J8x32 3C/4 – Robert Bremner Gay Gordons – 16 bar round the room march – unknown Hamilton House – J8x32 3C/4 – William Campbell 1789 Hooper's Jig – J8x32 3C/4 – unknown Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder – J128 Square set – Bill Hamilton Joie de Vivre – J8x32 3C/4 – Irene van Maarseveen The Haymakers (a.k.a. Sir Roger de Coverley) – 48 bar 9/8 jig – unknown Inverneill House – R8x32 3C/4 – John Drewry 1986 The Irish Rover – R8×32 3C/4 – James B Cosh J.B. Milne – R8x32 3C/4 – Hugh Foss 1954 Jennifer's Jig – J8×32 3C/4 – John Drewry 1968 MacDonald of the Isles – S3×32 3C – Derek Haynes The Machine without horses – J8x32 3C/4 – Rutherford 1772 Mairi's Wedding – R8x40 3C/4 – James B. Cosh 1959 (See also Wedding music) Major Ian Stewart – J8x32 3C/4 – John Drewry 1986 Maxwell's Rant – R8x32 3C/4 – Rutherford 1752 Miss Johnstone of Ardrossan – R5x32 5C – Roy Goldring 2000 Mrs Stewart's Jig – J8x32 3C/4 – Frans Ligtmans 1986 The Minister on the Loch – S3×32 3C – Roy Goldring The Montgomeries’ Rant – R8x32 3C/4 – Castle Menzies 1749 Monymusk – S8x32 3C/4 – Preston 1786 Napier's Index – J8x40 3C/4 – Brian Charlton 2001 Neidpath Castle – S3×32 3C – Derek Haynes Pelorus Jack – J8×32 3C/4 – Barry Skelton 1993 Petronella – R8x32 2C/4 – unknown 1808 Postie’s Jig – J4x32 4C – Roy Clowes Quarries' Jig – J8x32 3C/4 – Kent W Smith The Reel of the Royal Scots – R8×32 3C/4 – Roy Goldring 1983 The Reel of the 51st Division – R8x32 3C/4 – James Edward McCartney Atkinson 1940 Rest and Be Thankful – R8x32 3C/4 – unknown The Robertson Rant – S80 Square – Mrs Douglas Winchester 1949 The Sailor – R8x32 3C/4 – unknown Scottish Reform – J8x32 2C/4 – unknown Shiftin’ Bobbins – R8x32 3C/4 – Roy Clowes Speed the Plough (Inverness Country Dance) – R8x32 3C/4 – unknown Strip the Willow – 40 or 56 bar jig in either 6/8 or 9/8 time (in 9/8 it is also known as "Drops of Brandy") – unknown Sugar Candie – S8×32 3C/4 – unknown Swiss Lassie – R8×32 3C/4 – Rosi Betschi A Trip to Bavaria – R4x32 4C – James MacGregor-Brown Up in the Air – S8x32 3C/4 – Boag 1797 Virginia Reel -R4x40 4C – unknown The Wee Cooper o' Fife – J8x40 2C/4 (10 bar phrases) – Hugh Foss West's Hornpipe – R4×32 4C – unknown 1797 The White Heather Jig – J4x40 4C – James B Cosh The Wild Geese – J8x32 3C/4 – unknown Wind on Loch Fyne – S3x32 Triangle – John Bowie Dickson 1986 The Wind That Shakes the Barley – R8x32 3C/4 – John M Duthie 1961
See also
Scottish highland dance
References
External links
Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary includes printable Dance Instruction Cribs alphabetically ordered. DanceData web interface, database of Scottish country dances: more than 12,000 entries and information on music and recordings. Minicrib is a database of nearly 4000 dances which enables cribsheets to be printed out. A selection of core dances RSCDS April 2008