QUOTE (JimLucas @ Apr 13 2008, 03:32 PM)

Some people (I think especially the Irish, English, Scots, and their cultural descendants) give names to their tunes. Others don't.
Some tunes may have more than 14 names, is that also typically Irish, scottish or english? The other way around is also true. Many tunes have the same name. Arenīt there many tunes in Ireland, Scotland and UK called "reel" "slip jig" "gan ainm" "strathspey" "morris dance" and other ? And then there are lots other countries where they use names for tunes (such as in france, the netherlands, flanders, germany, italy, spain, greece, hungary, where does this end?). And in the same countries they also use the name of the dance as title of a tune (maybe relatively more in brittany, balkan countries, finland, sweden, .... ).
But whatīs in a name. cīest le ton qui fait la musique (Ton is not a name here...).