Dancing Feet

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on October 26th 2004 by Gard.

This tune has been added to 38 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Aye by Skelpaig
Beating Harps by Sileas
Celtic Odyssey by Various Artists
Dancing Feet by The Tannahill Weavers
First Flight by Gerald Trimble
Home Is Where The Van Is by Battlefield Band
Mellowosity by Peatbog Faeries
Scottish Fiddle by John Martin And Jack Evans

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Would you like to tell us about this tune, please, Gard?

# Posted on October 26th 2004 by Kenny

Heeeeeey, isn't this the tune that sometimes is paired up with Devil in the Kitchen at the same time?!

Cheers,
Armand

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by fiddlinviolinin

Too arpeggiated and not enough melody for my liking.

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by Donough

Let me restate or something!

I've seen about two or so times where Devil in the Kitchen [Strathspey] is played WITH this tune, Dancing Feet most likely being the harmony or second part or something, but yeah, it doesn't sound THAT great together but it works out, but then again, I'd have to hear it live instead of in MIDI format. Yes, school.

Cheers,
Armand

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by fiddlinviolinin

http://jc.tzo.net:1742/~jc/cgi/abc/gettune?F=GIF&U=http://abc.musicaviva.com/tunes/scotland/two-at-once.abc&X=2798&T=DANCINGFEETDEVILINTHEKITCHEN&N=DancingFeetDevilInTheKitchen.gif

here it is! Not exactly my cup of tea, but that's ok =P

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by fiddlinviolinin

not to your liking?
I wouldn't find it too attractive to read either or hear in this context, but luckily I first heard it on a Tannahill Weavers' album (+ also on Gerald Trimble(???!!!)'s cistern album?): It's absolutely elecrifying to hear on the scotspipes at high speed!
hear that and dance!

# Posted on September 27th 2006 by birlibirdie

Gerry on the cistern ?

Glad I never heard that !
Composed by G.S.McLennan. Glasgow fiddler Chris Miller wrote another 2 parts to it, but they never really caught on.

# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Kenny

Kenny, if you search ebay for "cittern", it'll ask if you meant "cistern" - perhaps it does this, anticipating that a lot of bum notes are going to be played.... ;-)

# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Ron P

Dancing Feet

I play it in D on the box. It works a treat.

G.S. McLennan wrote what is arguably the finest tune ever written for the Highland Pipe - Mrs MacPherson of Inveran.

He wrote other great pipe tunes too. It is rumoured that when he died, he was playing Dancing Feet on his practice chanter.

# Posted on March 22nd 2009 by Davy B

This is a great tune, I find it fits in really nicely after mrs macleod of raasay in a set. Also fiddlers can recreate the bagpipe feel of the tune by turning the long low A's in the second part into triplets.
I don't know how true this is but my pipe tutor once told me that George McLennan wrote this tune whilst playing for dancers at a party. Aparently they out-danced the tunes he was going to play so he started improvising and this tune was the result.

# Posted on July 25th 2009 by FergusM