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Dances with stunner, initially wearing terribly pretty sash |
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May 14 2008 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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A strathspey () is a type of dance tune in 44 time. It is similar to a hornpipe but slower and more stately, and contains many dot-cut 'snaps'. A so-called Scotch snap is a short note before a dotted note, which in traditional playing is generally exaggerated rhythmically for musical expression. An example of a strathspey would be the song "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond", provided it is sung staccato:* "You'll tak the high road, and I'll tak the low road, and I'll be in Scotland afore ye."Other examples are "Auld Lang Syne" (based on Sir Alexander Don's Strathspey) and "Coming through the Rye" (based on an old strathspey tune called "The Miller's Daughter"). * Because the strathspey rhythm has four strong beats to the bar, is played quickly (generally ranging from 108 beats per minute, for Highland dance, up to 160 beats per minute, for step dance), and contains many dot-cut 'snaps', it is a rhythmically tense idiom. Traditionally, a strathspey will be followed by a reel, which is in 2 |