Reverse Reel Of Four
The Reverse reel of four is a rare form, each Dancer following a path which is the reverse of the standard form, i.e., with an anticlockwise loop at each End and Passing each other By the right at the midpoint. Left shoulder reel of four is a common synonym, the description referring to the way the Dancers Pass at the Ends of the Reel though this risks some confusion in dances, such as MacDonald of the Isles and The Robertson Rant which have the conventional Reel of four but the Starting instructions refer to the Middle Dancers.This Scottish Country Dance form can, in principle, exist as the reverse of any standard form as, for example, in bars 21-24 of Mrs Stewart of Fasnacloich, in which the Half diagonal reel of four is reversed; the Figure has distinctive merit in Mirror reels of four, for example, Calum's Road (Sargent).
Here are examples of those Scottish Country Dances for which we have instructions on this site and in which the term, Reverse reel of four, either appears explicitly or is implied; note that for a common term these will be a small selection; for a rare term, these may be all that exist:
Chaperons
Mosshouse
North To Inverness
Reivers
Rob Roy
Tammie Norie Jig
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