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Thread #112167 Message #2372410
Posted By: GUEST,Howard Jones
23-Jun-08 - 07:59 AM
Thread Name: Hornpipe, polka - what's the difference?
Subject: RE: Hornpipe, polka - what's the difference?
"The Bacca Pipes Jig takes a 4/4 accompaniment, that I do know."
Ah, but the Bacca Pipes tune isn't a jig. In Morris, the word "jig" describes a solo dance (or sometimes two dancers), it has nothing to do with the rhythm of the music.
On the other hand, quite a lot of marches are in 6/8, so you can play a 2/4 accompaniment - think of it as two beats of triplets.