A
highland is an Irish musical form in
duple meter, largely idiomatic of
Donegal. Like the
fling, it is related to the Scottish
highland fling and the
hornpipe, found throughout the
British Isles. Like its Scottish cousin, a fling is played in
cut time and has a
dotted rhythm. Like the Scottish
strathspey, quarter notes may sometimes be articulated as
triplets or
Scots snaps. However, unlike the strathspey, these Scots snaps are usually less sharply articulated. They are also played more slowly than
reels and are strongly accented on the first beat, which tends to be a note
quarter note in length. A typical fling has a 32-
bar form divided into two parts, each consisting of eight bars which are repeated: AABB.