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strathspey
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strathspey
1. a Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel
2. a piece of music in four-four time composed for this dance


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FINALLY, the Gala in Durham tomorrow night will feature the young Scottish sextet, Blazin' Fiddles who will rosin up the bow for some jigs, reels and strathspeys and the musical fireworks
Scottish country dances are categorised as reels, jigs and strathspeys.
Seven Scots violinists were joined by Irish fiddler Liz Doherty, American Bruce Molsky, Harald Haugaard from Sweden and Norway's Annbjorg Lien to play a footstompin' evening of strathspeys, jigs and reels that made Jools Hollands' TV Hootenanny look like a kiddie's birthday party.
 
 
 
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