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elisar92 - Posted - 11/25/2009: 18:29:28
Can someone give me a definition? I know slip jigs are often in 9/8, but the difference between single and double jig isn't really clear to me.
OTJunky - Posted - 11/25/2009: 18:44:44
The Irish fiddlers on "thesession.org" explain the difference this way....
thesession.org/discussions/display/4231
This explains it pretty well I think though if you read the thread all the way through, you'll find there are some "gray areas" and that Irish fiddlers - like many old time fiddlers - don't like to spend a lot of time using their "Left Brains"...
--OTJ
Edited by - OTJunky on 11/25/2009 18:52:54
EarlCameron - Posted - 12/06/2009: 19:25:20
A single jig is the same as a double jig, without repeats. That doesn't mean you can just play a double as a single, sometimes you can, but there are definitely jigs more appropriate as one or the other, and some which are both. There are also slides in 12 8 which can (sometimes) be turned into single or double jigs. I'm more of a reel player anyhow
TomGlos - Posted - 12/07/2009: 02:33:06
quote:
Originally posted by EarlCameron
A single jig is the same as a double jig, without repeats.
Er, not necessarily unless that's what you mean when you say it!
Single jigs have quite a bit in common with slides, things such as such as fewer strong beats and a more flowing feel, more quarter-eighth note pairs than groups of three eighth notes.
Quite a big discussion on this topic here a few months ago.
Double Jig "rickety clickety rackety jigetty"
Single jig / Slide "amber nectar table ricketty"
carlb - Posted - 12/07/2009: 07:46:46
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Originally posted by elisar92
Can someone give me a definition? I know slip jigs are often in 9/8=
There are also hop jigs in 9/8 and how are they're different, or not, from slip jigs.
See:
thesession.org/discussions/display/9910Carl
