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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
(An exception is the "auld reel" of Shetland which tends to irregular structure and may have been influenced by the Norwegian halling.) A reel usually has 32 bars (with structure AABB), but there are other common structures such as 40 bar reels (often played for the introduction of the Eightsome Reel) and 64 bar reels (with structure AABBCCDD).
Although general guidelines are given below almost all elements of SCD have exceptions through the playfulness of the dance writers to the wide variety of influences and interpretations over the years; some exceptions include the Eightsome Reel (has two parts repeated as ABBBBBBBBA and is thus considerably longer than most other dances), The ...
Clutha is a Scottish country dance, in which the eight dancers are arranged in a square set as for the Eightsome Reel [citation needed].It is a 48 bar reel.An Clutha (more often spelt An Cluadha) is the Gaelic name for The Clyde.
A sixsome reel is mentioned in a description of Scottish customs in the early 1820s and eightsome reels (danced in squares like cotillions) occur in some dance manuscripts of the era. In the 1810s, the era of the Regency proper, English dance began an important transition with the introduction of the quadrille and the waltz.
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One of the most popular Scottish country dances of all time, the Reel of the 51st Highland Division is a modern Scottish country dance written by Lieutenant J.E.M. ‘Jimmy’ Atkinson of the 7th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders while in a POW camp during the Second World War.