List of Scottish country dances

There are more than 15,000 documented Scottish country dances so only very frequently danced or 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
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
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

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

See also

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