Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Jigs

Scottish Country Dance Jigs are performed almost exclusively to 6/8 tempo music. From the Scottish Country Dancing point of view, there is negligible differentiation from Reels, apart from the consideration in Footwork on Phrasing the steps within the bar.

9/8 Jig tunes were originally prescribed for Strip the Willow, which uses a Running step rather than Skip change, though most musicians nowadays would play 6/8 tunes instead and the dancers would fit two steps rather than three to each bar.


Here are examples of those Scottish Country Dances for which we have instructions on this site and in which the term, Jigs, either appears explicitly or is implied; note that for a common term these will be a small selection; for a rare term, these may be all that exist:

Dancing Master
Hooper's Jig
MacLeod's Fancy
Midnight Oil
Muirland Willie
Napier's Index
Pines Of Pitlochry
Postie's Jig
Seton's Ceilidh Band
Tribute To The Borders


Further examples of Scottish Country Dances which are listed as Jigs may be found in these Alternative Dance Selections -
2 Couple Jigs
3 Couple Jigs
5 Couple Jigs
6 Couple Jigs

Dance Video Clip Which Demonstrates Jigs

Jigs Video Clip

Links To Pages Related To 'Types Of Dance'

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