Scotch Cap ~ Hume

Edinburgh Castle ~ Hume

Scotch Cap ~ Hume or Edinburgh Castle ~ Hume is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Playford (website) in 1651 in The English Dancing Master, London. It was interpreted by Colin Hume (website) in 2023 and published in Colin Hume's Website. It is a proper 3 Couple Longways dance. There is no progression in this dance. It is a USA dance. The dance lasts 80 bars. It is in the key: D minor.

Playford writes:

Lead up, back again That again The two upper we. fall back and the two lower men fall back, cross over, then the first man and the lower wo. cross over, the the two upper men fall back, and the the two lower we. cross over, then the other cross over as before, these three time over ∴

Sides all That again Three men and three we. joyning hands, fall all back and meet all, men turn your faces one towards andother, we. doing the like, the two ends on each side arms, while the middle with his own, then fall back, then turn your backs together, and every one turn his own.

Sides all That again Three men slip up, and 3 we. slip down, then the lower man gives his right hand to the 1. wo. and so goe into your places by hands, then the We. slip up and the men slip downe, and the first and last give hands to your places as before ∴

The tune was published by Playford with the dance, Scotch Cap, in 1651, and the music was synthesized by Colin Hume.

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color.

An online description of the dance may be found here.

The dance contains the following figures: USA, hand turn (allemande), hey, progressive hey, siding, arming (and probably others).

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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 2023 by Colin Hume. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2024 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Lead up, back again That again	The two upper we. fall back and the two lower men fall back, cross over, then the first man and the lower wo. cross over, the the two upper men fall back, and the the two lower we. cross over, then the other cross over as before, these three time over ∴

Sides all That again	Three men and three we. joyning hands, fall all back and meet all, men turn your faces one towards andother, we. doing the like, the two ends on each side arms, while the middle with his own, then fall back, then turn your backs together, and every one turn his own.

Sides all That again	Three men slip up, and 3 we. slip down, then the lower man gives his right hand to the 1. wo. and so goe into your places by hands, then the We. slip up and the men slip downe, and the first and last give hands to your places as before ∴