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Thread #156768   Message #3695736
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
21-Mar-15 - 11:01 AM
Thread Name: counting jigs and reels: pineapple etc
Subject: counting jigs and reels: pineapple etc
When I first started playing dance tunes, a friend told me to count jigs in 6/8 like this:

one-lol-ly, two lol-ly

Then I took a class at the Irish center, and I learned to change that one-lol-ly to this:

PINE-ap-ple, PINE-ap-ple.

This lengthens the first note just a bit and cuts a little time off the middle note. All well and good.

My question is this: is there a similar word (like pineapple) which changes the stress for a reel, which is in 4/4 time?