Sentence examples for Scottish reel from inspiring English sources
One song sounded like a Scottish reel.
A bubbly Scottish reel breaks out at the first movement's climax.
Each night, musician John Sampson introduces the makar (Jackie Kay) with a frantic Scottish reel.
One song is based on a Scottish reel, and another finds Newsom playing her harp as if it were a koto, but overlapping musical and lyrical echoes slowly reveal themselves, hinting at a sturdy underlying structure.
Alvvays also cheekily acknowledge the imminent Burns night and Rankin's own folk heritage – she's related to Cape Breton roots veterans the Rankin Family – with some ramshackle synth-pop attempts at a Scottish reel, which fall apart before any country dancing breaks out.
Like dancers in a Scottish reel, each star passes between the other two in turn.
Scottish reels are mentioned as early as the 16th century.
"And laughing as he spun me round to Scottish reels".
Other fiddle tunes had rhythmic and melodic elements in common with Scottish reels.
Popular reels include the Irish Sixteenhand Reel and the Scottish reels Mairi's Wedding and the Duke of Perth.
There are hints of the blues, Scottish reels, and no wave in this music; it's sui generis.
