>From: Captain Birdseye - PM
>Stringsinger,I think the feel should be Scottish not Irish,and that the annotation should be >marked .
>oh yes, and most of the Irish reels are Scottish in origin.

I disagree that most Irish reels are Scottish and I suggest the opposite. Scotia was originally
a name for Ireland before Scotland. Many of these reels did not come from Scotland but earlier sources perhaps from the Gaelic culture in Spain.

I agree that the annotation should be marked for strathspeys. Hornpipes suggest
a 2/4 approach rather than the reel which is in cut-time in 4/4. It has to do with
the unit of phrasing.