Irish Jig and Reel
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- Created on: 04-04-16 13:05
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- Irish Jig and Reel
- Place of Origin: Ireland
- Venue: Festivals, Parades and Dance competitions
- Dance Steps
- Straight upper body
- Arms by sides
- Fast energetic footwork
- Frequent kicks and jumps
- Rhythm, Metre and Tempo
- Jig is in compound time 6/8 9/8 12/8
- The reel is in simple time 2/4 4/4 2/2
- The hornpipe is in simple time with a dotted rhythm
- The slip jig is in 9/8
- Fast Tempo
- Constant quaver movement
- Melody
- Small intervals of 4th and 5ths
- Regular 4 bar phrases
- Ornamentation, Grace notes and Triplets
- Melodies are sometimes Modal
- Structure
- Repeated binary form AABB
- Instrumentation
- Violin - Fiddle, Tin whistle, Flute, Accordian, Bodhran - Drum, Villean Pipes - Quiet bagpipes
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