Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Scottish dance, slower than a reel, for two dancers.
- noun The music for this dance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch dance, invented early in the eighteenth century, resembling the reel, but slower, and marked by numerous sudden jerks.
- noun Music for such a dance or in its rhythm, which is duple, moderately rapid, and abounding in the rhythmic or metric figure called the Scotch snap or catch (which see, under
Scotch ), or its converse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than areel . - noun A piece of
music composed for or in therhythm of thisdance .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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A classic march, strathspey, and reel performance from 23 years ago:
Some Piping for the Weekend John 2009
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As the exhibits regarding the origins of the "Auld Lang Syne" melody show, these kinds of strathspey dance tunes were in circulation long before this one first became associated with Burns's poem in Thomson's "Select Collection" —published in 1799, shortly after the poet's death.
Visiting an Auld Acquaintance Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2011
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It's called "Johnnie Lad" and she delivered it in Scots dialect to the heart-catching original strathspey tempo.
Great Scots 2009
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A classic march, strathspey, and reel performance from 23 years ago:
From the Mail John 2009
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It's called "Johnnie Lad" and she delivered it in Scots dialect to the heart-catching original strathspey tempo.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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As my strathspey with Mary comes to an end, there is a tap on my shoulder.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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As my strathspey with Mary comes to an end, there is a tap on my shoulder.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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As my strathspey with Mary comes to an end, there is a tap on my shoulder.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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Scottish jigs, and reels, and ‘twasome dances’, with a strathspey or hornpipe for interlude; and the want of grace on the part of the performers was amply supplied by truth of ear, vigour and decision of step, and the agility proper to the northern performers.
Redgauntlet 2008
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As my strathspey with Mary comes to an end, there is a tap on my shoulder.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
johnmperry commented on the word strathspey
traditional Scottish dance
July 21, 2008