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Thread #25058   Message #292356
Posted By: Marion
06-Sep-00 - 04:51 PM
Thread Name: Your favourite strathspeys and marches?
Subject: RE: Your favourite strathspeys and marches?
Thanks for the leads, all.

I guess my next question should be: what's the difference between a march and a strathspey? In Richard Robinson's Tunebook there's something called Sidlaw Hills which is listed as both a march and a strathspey.

I have a vague idea of what a polka is (Mairi's Wedding is a polka, isn't it?) but my fiddle teacher never talks about them, and as far as I know they're not standard repertoire here at Cape Breton dances, so I feel that my need to learn some is less pressing. I have no idea what a mazurka is. The word doesn't sound very Celtic. What's a mazurka? Actually when I played classical piano in childhood I think there was a piece called "Mazurka" in my book.

Well I'm off to look up those titles.

Thanks, Marion