The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117053   Message #2517935
Posted By: Paul Burke
17-Dec-08 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: Reels, dots and hornpipes
Subject: RE: Reels, dots and hornpipes
My preference is leave the dots out. They generally do the same with the very uneven rhythm of Swedish polskas, and notate them as straight 3/4. It's up to the musician to put the hornpipiness into it, and the place for telling them how to do it is an instructional book, CD or video.

And don't forget that some players hornpipify reels.