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clueless don Looking to ID an Irish tune (44) RE: Looking to ID an Irish tune 18 Mar 20


A treble jig, in Irish step dancing, is a jig (i.e. a double jig, in 6/8 time) played at a slower tempo, and to which the dancers dance with the hard shoes.

When hornpipes, on recordings for Irish step dance practice/performance, are played at a slower tempo ("Oireachtas tempo"), the musicians will often play them in a 6/8 or 12/8 rhythm, instead of the dotted hornpipe rhythm.


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