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A treble jig (Irish: port tribile) is an Irish dance which is done in hard shoes. It is also known as the "heavy jig" (as opposed to the light jig, slip jig, single jig, and reel which are done as soft shoes). [1] It is performed to music with a 6/8 time signature. The dance is usually 40 bars to 48 bars in length, but is danced for 32 bars if ...
Three jigs are danced in competition; the light jig, the single jig, which is also called the Hop jig, and the treble jig, which is also called double jig. Light and single jigs are in 6 8 time, and are soft shoes dances, while the treble jig is hard shoe, danced in a slow 6 8. The last type of jig is the slip jig, which is danced in 9 8 time ...
Two types of treble jigs are performed at feiseanna: the traditional and non-traditional (slow) treble jigs. Beginners will do a treble jig at traditional speed (92 bpm), while more advanced dancers will dance the non-traditional (slow) treble jig at 72 bpm.
There are four soft shoe dance styles: the reel, slip jig, light jig and 'single jig' (also referred to as 'hop jig'). Reels have a 4 4 (or sometimes 2 4 or 2 2) time signature. Slip jigs are in 9 8 time. Light and single jigs are in 6 8 time, with different emphasis within the measure distinguishing the music. [citation needed]
Slip jig (Irish: port luascach, port luascadh [1] [2]) 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 9 8 time , traditionally with accents on 5 of the 9 beats — two pairs of crotchet / quaver (quarter note/eighth note) followed by a dotted crotchet note .
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The Treble reel [1] is a dance done in hard shoes to a reel (4/4) timing. Treble reels are more to be found in the show dancing world rather than in the competition world. Dance schools who organize competitions ("feiseanna" <fesh-ah-na>) can decide whether to have a treble reel competition or not. Usually they occur under a Special Trophy ...
In Irish traditional music, a slide (Irish: sleamhnán) is a tune type in 12 8 akin to, and often confused with, a single jig.Slides are played mostly in the Sliabh Luachra region of Munster province in southwest Ireland, but originate from quadrilles.