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Slip jig
Slip jig ( ) refers to both a style within Irish music, and the Irish dance to music in slip-jig time originating from England. The slip jig is in time, traditionally with accents on 5 of the 9 beats
Example#
Music of the slip jig “Drops of brandy”: \relative c \key d \major \time 9/8 \repeat volta 2 a8 b a fis d fis fis d fis a8 b a fis d fis g fis e a8 b a fis d fis fis d fis g fis g e4 fis8 g fis e a8 b a fis d fis fis d fis a8 b a fis d fis g fis e a8 b a fis d fis fis d fis g fis g e4 fis8 g fis e \repeat volta 2 d fis a d a fis d’ a fis d fis a d a fis g fis e d fis a d a fis d’ a fis g fis g e4 fis8 g fis e d fis a d a fis d’ a fis d fis a d a fis g fis e d fis a d fis e d a fis g fis g e4 fis8 g fis e
Other dances#
Other dances in time are the Scottish Lilt in Highland dancing and the karsilama of Turkish dance.
References#
- Muir, Rick. The Jig is Up! Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Tom Finucane Branch newsletter, November/December 2010
- Arrington, Mark. Understanding Your “Slippery” Slip Jigs Diddlyi Magazine, 18 November 2009.
- Slip jig and hop jig accompaniment Irish-Banjo.com
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- Ireland