Issue 3062: Jig or Reel?

New issue submitted

It is hard to be sure what to do. He may have mistyped “jig” in the heading or mistyped the recording.

As the recording name and track number are consistent with each other perhaps it is slightly more likely he intended it to be a reel?

Certainly we should add an extra info note pointing out the inconsistency.

I wonder if there is anyone in his local branch who we might ask?

By the way this is by no means the only example. Some time ago I wrote a little program to find such cases. I think I fixed a few obvious errors such as quicktime vs strathspey. In case anyone has some enthusiasm to pursue this, here is the list just from reel vs jig. The first two numbers on each line are the recording ID and the dance ID respectively.

40 15491: REC Caddam Wood [Reel] – DANCE Cold Night in February, A [Jig]
133 15517: REC Jeannie o’ the Witchin’ E’e [Jig] – DANCE Tapestry [Reel]
234 3571: REC New Petronella, The [Reel] – DANCE Ladebraes Jig [Jig]
638 11960: REC Rain Dancin’, Da [Reel] – DANCE A. G. M., The [Jig]
928 15518: REC Foula Reel, The [Jig] – DANCE Florida Fling, The [Reel]
1130 6653: REC Maid of the Mill, The [Jig] – DANCE Topsy Turvy [Reel]
1446 2477: REC Geneva Park [Jig] – DANCE Girl Guide Ramble, The [Reel]
1736 8632: REC Mairrit Man’s Favourite, The [Reel] – DANCE Truly Yours [Jig]
2151 1770: REC Set of Jigs [Jig] – DANCE Drunken Parson, The [Reel]
2206 15662: REC Captain Whiteside [Jig] – DANCE You Can Do It [Reel]
2288 4747: REC Good Hearted Glasgow [Jig] – DANCE Mrs Elizabeth Smith [Reel]
2558 2363: REC Rob Roy [Reel] – DANCE Fun at the Fair [Jig]
2564 9158: REC Boston Hospitality [Jig] – DANCE Wednesday Welcome [Reel]
3039 11958: REC Larkhill Welcome, The [Reel] – DANCE Reeling for Joy [Jig]
3083 1381: REC Russe, La [Reel] – DANCE Crack The Whip [Jig]
3083 3187: REC Russe, La [Reel] – DANCE Jacobite Piper, The [Jig]
3083 3394: REC Russe, La [Reel] – DANCE Kaleidoscope [Jig]
3109 6959: REC Waves of Tory [Jig] – DANCE Waves of Tory, The [Reel]
3915 8837: REC Jessie Wiseman’s Reel [Reel] – DANCE Jessie Wiseman’s Reel [Jig]
4124 18969: REC Bellstane [Reel] – DANCE Ross Reel [Jig]
4163 965: REC Jig 32 bar sequence [Jig] – DANCE Came a Hot Christmas [Reel]
4455 21050: REC Selection of Reels [Reel] – DANCE Longer Days [Jig]
4674 12459: REC Look Aboot Ye’ [Jig] – DANCE Sun over Sauchie [Reel]
4971 8941: REC Old Spedling Castle’s Ghost’s Dance, The [Jig] – DANCE Strachan Rant [Reel]
6324 6010: REC Seton’s Ceilidh Band [Reel] – DANCE Seton’s Ceilidh Band [Jig]
6498 17809: REC Christmas Irish Reels [Reel] – DANCE Kirkwall Court [Jig]
6582 19987: REC C’est L’Amour/The Flirt [Jig] – DANCE Effsiesse [Reel]
6758 3854: REC Lobster in the Pot [Reel] – DANCE Lobster in the Pot, A [Jig]
7172 9009: REC Miller of Sessnie, The [Reel] – DANCE Miller of Sessnie, The [Jig]
7431 5964: REC Scottish Reform [Reel] – DANCE Scottish Reform [Jig]
7440 3834: REC Linton Ploughman [Reel] – DANCE Linton Ploughman [Jig]
7506 5964: REC Scottish Reform [Reel] – DANCE Scottish Reform [Jig]
7660 2260: REC Flying Scotsman, The [Reel] – DANCE Flying Scotsman, The [Jig]
8014 2260: REC Flying Scotsman, The [Reel] – DANCE Flying Scotsman, The [Jig]
9226 2260: REC Flying Scotsman, The [Reel] – DANCE Flying Scotsman, The [Jig]
9501 9803: REC Jack’s Jig [Reel] – DANCE Jack’s Jig [Jig]

One item to take off the list - “The Drunken Parson” is resolved, it’s a “Jig” now.