Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Steps for Strathspeys

Scottish Country Dancing Steps For Strathspeys

Once the Beginner has mastered the three steps, the Strathspey travelling step, the Strathspey setting step and the Highland schottische setting step in addition to Step up (or down), which has the same movements as in the Quick tempo dances, s/he has all the footwork needed to cover around 99% of the Strathspeys likely to be encountered on Ball programmes.

Links to pages detailing the individual steps are listed below. Note also the page Fitting the steps to the music.


Dance Video Clip Which Demonstrates Steps For Strathspeys

Steps For Strathspeys Video Clip

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