It is the standard form for older reels (and strathspeys, as noted by
   John). Look at Vickers, or any older Scottish collection and that's
   what you get.

   The 8-bar form, before it became the more-or-less norm, was called
   variously Hornpipe (undotted), Rant, Country Dance, or Scots Measure.
   Soldier's Joy, for ex. was originally classed as a hornpipe. In the
   Highland piping world tunes which to most ears would be reels (e.g.
   Mason's Apron) are almost always called hornpipes, even today, if they
   have repeated 8-bar strains.

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