List of Scottish country dances

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There are more than 15,000 documented Scottish country dances; only the most frequently danced or otherwise notable ones are listed here.

Dances are marked with the music and dance styles used: R8×32 3C/4 means a Reel of 32 bars repeated 8 times for 3 couples in a set of 4 couples in a longwise set. The letters for the music styles are: R reel; J jig; P polka; S strathspey; W waltz.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.
  • – R4×32 4C set – Sheila Muir 1987
  • – J4×32 4C set – John Drewry 1975
  • – S4×32 4C set – John Drewry 1981
  • – R4×32 4C set – John Drewry 1971
  • – J8x32 3C/4 – John Drewry 1964
  • Clutha – R4×48 Square set – unknown 1890
  • Canadian Barn Dance -
  • Dashing White Sergeant – 32 bar reel 3 facing 3 round the room – unknown
  • – R8×32 3C/4 – unknown
  • – S96 Square set – Eileen Orr
  • – R8×40 3C/4 – Allie Anderson & Florence Lesslie
  • – J8×32 3C/4 – Skillern 1776
  • The Duke of Perth – R8x32 3C/4 – unknown 1827
  • The Earl of Mansfield – R4x48 4C – John Drewry 1980
  • – R40+8x48+40 Square set – unknown 1870
  • (a.k.a. Waverley) – J8x48 3C/4 – Button and Whittaker 1812
  • Flowers of Edinburgh – R8x32 3C/4 Hornpipe – unknown
  • The Frisky – J8x32 3C/4 – Robert Bremner
  • Gay Gordons – 16 bar round the room march – unknown
  • – J8x32 3C/4 – William Campbell 1789
  • – J8x32 3C/4 – unknown
  • Ian Powrie's – J128 Square set – Bill Hamilton
  • – J8x32 3C/4 – Irene van Maarseveen
  • The Haymakers (a.k.a. Sir Roger de Coverley) – 48 bar 9/8 jig – unknown
  • Inverneill House – R8x32 3C/4 – John Drewry 1986
  • The Irish Rover – R8×32 3C/4 – James B Cosh
  • – R8x32 3C/4 – Hugh Foss 1954
  • – J8×32 3C/4 – John Drewry 1968
  • – S3×32 3C – Derek Haynes
  • – J8x32 3C/4 – Rutherford 1772
  • Mairi's Wedding – R8x40 3C/4 – James B. Cosh 1959 (See also Wedding music)
  • – J8x32 3C/4 – John Drewry 1986
  • – R8x32 3C/4 – Rutherford 1752
  • – R5x32 5C – Roy Goldring 2000
  • – J8x32 3C/4 – Frans Ligtmans 1986
  • The Minister on the Loch – S3×32 3C – Roy Goldring
  • – R8x32 3C/4 – Castle Menzies 1749
  • Monymusk – S8x32 3C/4 – Preston 1786
  • – J8x40 3C/4 – Brian Charlton 2001
  • Neidpath Castle – S3×32 3C – Derek Haynes
  • Pelorus Jack – J8×32 3C/4 – Barry Skelton 1993
  • Petronella – R8x32 2C/4 – unknown 1808
  • – J4x32 4C – Roy Clowes
  • – J8x32 3C/4 – Kent W Smith
  • – R8×32 3C/4 – Roy Goldring 1983
  • The Reel of the 51st Division – R8x32 3C/4 – James Edward McCartney Atkinson 1940
  • – R8x32 3C/4 – unknown
  • – S80 Square – Mrs Douglas Winchester 1949
  • – R8x32 3C/4 – unknown
  • – J8x32 2C/4 – unknown
  • – R8x32 3C/4 – Roy Clowes
  • (Inverness Country Dance) – R8x32 3C/4 – unknown
  • Strip the Willow – 40 or 56 bar jig in either 6/8 or 9/8 time (in 9/8 it is also known as "Drops of Brandy") – unknown
  • – S8×32 3C/4 – unknown
  • – R8×32 3C/4 – Rosi Betschi
  • – R4x32 4C – James MacGregor-Brown
  • – S8x32 3C/4 – Boag 1797
  • Virginia Reel -R4x40 4C – unknown
  • The Wee Cooper o' Fife – J8x40 2C/4 (10 bar phrases) – Hugh Foss
  • – R4×32 4C – unknown 1797
  • – J4x40 4C – James B Cosh
  • The Wild Geese – J8x32 3C/4 – unknown
  • – S3x32 Triangle – John Bowie Dickson 1986
  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley – R8x32 3C/4 – John M Duthie 1961

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