Editing Jig (section)

==In Irish step dance==

The following distinction is primarily observed in modern competitive Irish dance and should not be confused with the general notion of how the jigs are played and classified among traditional Irish musicians.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rhythm (Tune Type) Definitions |url=https://www.irishtune.info/rhythm/|website=irishtune.info|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>

===Light jigs===
[[File:Jig shoe 3.jpg|thumb|Feet shod in Irish dance hard shoes]]

A light jig is the second-fastest of all jigs. The performer's feet rarely leave the ground for long, as the step is fast, typically performed at a speed around 116 at [[feis]]eanna. There are several light jig steps, varying with each dance school, but the rising step, or the rise and grind, is standard in almost all light jigs. The right side version of the rising step is performed by putting weight on the left foot, lifting the right foot off the ground then hopping on the left foot once. Hop on the left foot again, bringing the right foot back behind the left foot and then shift the weight onto the right foot, leaving the left foot in the air. Dancers use the phrase "hop, hop back" for these three movements, and there is a slight pause between the hop, and hop back. The next movement is a hop on the right foot. Then shift the weight, left-right-left-right. The phrase for this whole movement is: "hop, hop back, hop back 2-3." To do the step on the left foot, reverse the left and right directions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Machaffie|first1=Scott|title=Footwork for Irish and Scottish dancing|url=http://www.nonvi.com/sm/footwork.html#irish|website=NonVi|access-date=4 November 2017|date=5 November 1999}}</ref>

===Slip jigs===
[[Slip jig]]s are in {{music|time|9|8}} time. Because of the longer measures, they are longer than the [[reel (dance)|reel]] and the light jig, with the same number of bars to the music.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cowdery|first1=James R.|title=The melodic tradition of Ireland|date=1990|publisher=Kent State Univ. Press|location=Kent, Ohio|isbn=0-87338-407-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/melodictradition00cowd/page/17 17]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/melodictradition00cowd/page/17}}</ref> The dance is performed high on the toes, and is often considered the "ballet of Irish dance" because of its graceful movements that seem to slip the performers across the floor. Slip jigs are performed at a speed of 113 bpm at feiseanna.

===Single and double jigs===
[[File:Swallowtail Jig - Irish Fiddle Tune!.webm|thumb|[[Swallowtail jig]], a double jig<ref>{{cite web |title=Swallowtail Jig |url=https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Swallowtail_Jig_(2)_(The) |website=[[The Traditional Tune Archive]] |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=en |date=5 July 2019}}</ref>]]
Single jigs should not be confused with [[Slide (tune type)|slides]]; they are the least common of the jigs, performed in ghillies, in a {{music|time|6|8}} or less commonly a {{music|time|12|8}} time. Musically, the single jig tends to follow the pattern of a quarter note followed by an eighth note (twice per {{music|time|6|8}} bar), whereas the pattern for the double jig is three eighth notes twice per {{music|time|6|8}} bar.

===Hop jigs===
Hop jigs are the fastest of all jigs next to light jigs, but the term ''hop jig'' causes some confusion, as some people use it for a single jig, while others use this term to refer to a tune in {{music|time|9|8}} time.

Among the latter, some do not distinguish it from a slip jig, while some reserve the term to a slip jig variant that has special characteristics, in particular an emphasis on [[quarter note]]–[[eighth note]] pairs.

===Treble jigs===
Treble jigs (also called the hard or heavy jig) are performed in hard shoes, and also to a {{music|time|6|8}} time metre. They are characterized by stomps, trebles, and clicks. Many set dances are performed in treble jig time, a few being Drunken Gauger, Blackthorn Stick, The Three Sea Captains, and St Patrick's Day. Two types of treble jigs are performed at feiseanna: the traditional and non-traditional (slow) treble jigs. Beginners will do a treble jig at traditional speed (92 bpm), while more advanced dancers will dance the non-traditional (slow) treble jig at 72 bpm.

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