REELS
Titles for reels are listed alphabetically in this section of the Sheet Music Catalogue with links to audio samples and to the sheet music store where items can be viewed and purchased.
The reel is a folk dance type, as well as the accompanying dance tune type, and is indigenous to Scotland. The earliest reference was in a witchcraft trial of 1590, where the accused was reported to have "daunced this reill or short dance". However, the form may go back to the Middle Ages. The name is probably of Old Norse origins, cognate with Suio-Gothic rulla, meaning ‘to whirl'. This became Anglo-Saxon hreol and Gaelic ruidhle or ruidhleadh, which is the origin of the word now.
In Scottish country dancing, the reel is one of the four traditional dances, the others being the jig, the strathspey and the waltz.
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ref. 492 audio sample store A Highland Lad My Love Was Born
ref. 280 audio sample store Aitken Drum
ref. 320 audio sample store Ale Is Dear, The
ref. 288 audio sample store Alewife And Her Barrel, The
ref. 630 audio sample store Angus MacLeod
ref. 312 audio sample store Babes In The Wood
ref. 618 audio sample store Barnyards Of Delgaty, The
ref. 511 audio sample store Boatie Rows, The
ref. 631 audio sample store Bottom Of The Punch Bowl, The
ref. 286 audio sample store Breakdown, The
ref. 614 audio sample store Caddam Wood
ref. 307 audio sample store Circassian Circle
ref. 583 audio sample store Clean Pease Strae
ref. 369 audio sample store Cockle Gatherers, The
ref. 419 audio sample store Corn Rigs
ref. 407 audio sample store Cutting Bracken
ref. 279 audio sample store Dashing White Sergeant, The
ref. 311 audio sample store Davy Knick Knack
ref. 315 audio sample store Deil Among The Tailors
ref. 314 audio sample store Dornoch Links
ref. 370 audio sample store Down Express, The
ref. 323 audio sample store Drummer, The
ref. 368 audio sample store Duncan Gray
ref. 460 audio sample store East Neuk Of Fife
ref. 316 audio sample store Fairy Dance, The
ref. 360 audio sample store Flowers Of Edinburgh, The
ref. 412 audio sample store Gin I Were Where The Gadie Rins
ref. 585 audio sample store Glenburnie Rant
ref. 313 audio sample store Greenwoodside
ref. 285 audio sample store Heilan' Donald
ref. 318 audio sample store Hey For The Heilan' Body
ref. 361 audio sample store Hey Ho, My Bonnie Lass
ref. 319 audio sample store High Road To Linton, The
ref. 660 audio sample store Jenny Dang The Weaver
ref. 317 audio sample store Jock Wilson's Ball
ref. 309 audio sample store Johnny Cope
ref. 270 audio sample store Jools' Hornpipe
ref. 578 audio sample store Jumping Geordie
ref. 362 audio sample store Kate Dalrymple
ref. 615 audio sample store Kemnay House
ref. 606 audio sample store Kilt Is My Delight, The
ref. 363 audio sample store Kiss Me Quick My Mither's Coming
ref. 308 audio sample store Lass O' Peatie's Mill, The
ref. 571 audio sample store Lea Rig, The
ref. 397 audio sample store Ladies' Hornpipe, The
ref. 616 audio sample store Little Cascade, The
ref. 604 audio sample store Lochearn
ref. 284 audio sample store Loch Torridon
ref. 657 audio sample store Lord Dalhousie
ref. 364 audio sample store Lord Randolph's Bride
ref. 626 audio sample store Mason's Apron, The
ref. 371 audio sample store Merry Boys Of Greenland, The
ref. 598 audio sample store Miss Johnstone
ref. 282 audio sample store Miss Murray Of Lintrose
ref. 365 audio sample store Mount Stewart House
ref. 322 audio sample store Mrs. MacLeod Of Raasay
ref. 366 audio sample store My Love She's But A Lassie Yet
ref. 367 audio sample store Niel Gow's Farewell To Whisky
ref. 281 audio sample store Old Highland Air
ref. 600 audio sample store Perth Hunt
ref. 283 audio sample store Piper's Cave, The
ref. 372 audio sample store Piper's Glass, The
ref. 652 audio sample store Pretty Peggy
ref. 576 audio sample store Rachel Rae
ref. 396 audio sample store Rakes Of Mallow, The
ref. 540 audio sample store Rantin, Rovin, Robin
ref. 422 audio sample store Reconciliation, The
ref. 368 audio sample store Reel Of Tullochgorum, The
ref. 607 audio sample store Sandy Duff
ref. 452 audio sample store Soldier's Joy, The
ref. 627 audio sample store Staten Island
ref. 465 audio sample store Stornoway Castle
ref. 588 audio sample store Sweet Molly
ref. 321 audio sample store Tail Toddle
ref. 373 audio sample store This Is No My Ain Lassie
ref. 590 audio sample store Torryburn Lasses
ref. 374 audio sample store Waves Of Tory
ref. 515 audio sample store We're A' Noddin
ref. 544 audio sample store What's A' The Steer
ref. 353 audio sample store White Cockade, The
ref. 550 audio sample store Willie Brewed A Peck O' Maut
ref. 558 audio sample store Willie Was A Wanton Lad
ref. 310 audio sample store Wind That Shakes The Barley, The
ref. 646 audio sample store You're Welcome, Charlie Stewart
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