Money Musk

The dance features a central theme of reoriented lines, and is regarded as moderately difficult.

The active couple then does a final right-hand allemande three quarters around, returning the set to a proper formation, but progressed one place down.

[7][8] The estate's name came from the Gaelic moine mus(g)ach, meaning "nasty, filthy bog".

[10][11] The music for "Money Musk" is a 1776 tune of the same name by Scottish composer Daniel Dow,[13][5] published in 1780 as "Sir Archibald Grant of Moniemusk's Reel".

[6]: 45  It was originally a strathspey, a type of dance tune in 44 time slightly slower than a reel.

[14] Over time, it spread to other parts of the British Isles and North America, adopting elements of local styles.

[15] In Cracking Chestnuts, David Smukler writes that the dance is "'crooked' (unusual in its metric or rhythmic structure), hypnotic, and manages successfully to remain both uncluttered and surprising".

[6]: 41  He notes that its central theme is reorientation, as it involves lines both along the sides of the set and facing up and down the dance hall.

[6]: 45  A version arranged by Nicholas Britell and performed by Tim Fain was used in the soundtrack for the 2013 biographical drama 12 Years a Slave.