Jig

This article is about the folk dance. For other uses, see Jig (disambiguation).

Dancing the Haymakers' Jig at an Irish ceilidh

The jig (Irish: port, Scottish Gaelic: port-cruinn) is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It first gained popularity in 16th-century England, Ireland, Scotland, and other parts of the British Isles,[1][2] and was adopted on mainland Europe where it eventually became the final movement of the mature Baroque dance suite (the French gigue; Italian and Spanish giga).[3] Today it is most associated with Irish dance music, Scottish country dance, French Canadian traditionnal music and dance (trad) and the Métis people in Canada.[4] Jigs were originally in quadruple compound metre, (e.g., 12
8 time), but have been adapted to a variety of time signatures, by which they are often classified into groups, including double jigs (6
8), slip jigs (9
8) and single jigs (12
8).

  1. ^ "Anglo-Irish Music in the Sixteenth Century". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ "The jig dance tradition: five centuries old and still counting | Music Tales". musictales.club. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ Randel, Don Michael, ed. (2003). The Harvard dictionary of music (4th ed.). Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. pp. 421, 430. ISBN 9780674011632.
  4. ^ Driscoll, Michael; Hamilton, Meredith; Coons, Marie (May 2003). A Child's Introduction to Poetry. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. p. 12. ISBN 1-57912-282-5.