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Martin Ryan. slides and jigs and suchlike (11) RE: slides and jigs and suchlike 06 Nov 98


Slides are 12/8.

Jigs are 6/8

Crudely, a slide sounds like a very busy jig, with the stress on the first beat of the bar. You need a Kerryman to explain why!

Off the top of my head (as a singer rather than player/dancer), I think Merrily Kiss the Quaker is a slip jig - 9/8?

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