Dance: Monymusk
32-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Preston (18C)
(1786)
- Formations:
-
Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)
Reel of three - with corners (REEL;CRNRS;DOUBLE;R3;)
Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
Note: Due to limitations
in the underlying data,
the relative order of formations in this list may be different
from the order of formations in the actual dance.
- Steps:
- Strathspey travel
- Published in:
-
Book 11
[2]
*
Pocket: Books 10,11,12
[14]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances
[27]
101 Scottish Country Dances
[74]
Collins Pocket Reference
[151]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[111]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[105]
Thistle
[25]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[132]
- Recommended Music:
-
Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk (Daniel(Donald) Dow)
- Recordings (20):
Show tunes
-
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 5 (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 3
[pace 62.2]
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Ghillies on the Golden Gate (Fiddlesticks & Ivory),
track 10
[pace 65.9]
Book 11. (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 62.8]
Fifteen Dances, Part Two (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 62.8]
In Triumph (Don Bartlett and the Scotians),
track 3
[pace 62.0]
A Camp of Pleasure (Berkeley Scottish Players),
track 3
[pace 62.5]
Invitation to a Scottish Dance (John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band),
track 7
[pace 60.5]
Dance to the Pipes (Bill Clement),
track 11
[pace 58.9]
Honour the Piper (Bill Clement),
track 4
[pace 58.9]
Preliminary Test (Muriel A Johnstone),
track 9
Step in Time (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 59.8]
On Stage With..., Volume 3 (The Thistle Band),
track 2
Dancing Live (The Muriel Johnstone Trio),
track 11
[pace 62.9]
An Evening of Scottish Country Dancing (Charlie Jemmett and His Band),
track 2
Alastair Hunter and his Caledonian Ceilidh Band (Alastair Hunter & his Caledonian Ceilidh Band),
track 2
[pace 55.0]
Teachers Choice 1 ((unknown)),
track 4
[pace 60.5]
Caledonian Muse (Terpsichore),
track 3
[pace 61.6]
Book 11. Music for 12 Scottish Country Dances (John Renton and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 59.2]
Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band Vol 1 (Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 46.3]
Tim Wright and his Scottish Dance Band (Tim Wright and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 11
[pace 58.7]
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Monymusk
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C turn RH | cast off (2C up) ; 1C turn 1¼ LH into |
| 9-16 | 1W+2C & 1M+3C set twice in lines across, 1C setting R on [11], to opposite sideline on [12] (2,1x,3) ; all set twice on sidelines |
| 17-24 | 2C+1C+3C circle6 and back |
| 25-32 | Reels3{6} on the sides (RSh to 2cnr) | 1C cross |
| (Note: TACnotes tells 1C to make a petronella turn on [11-12], 1cnr assisting |
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