Jig

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 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).

^ "Anglo-Irish Music in the Sixteenth Century". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
^ "The jig dance tradition: five centuries old and still counting | Music Tales". musictales.club. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ 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.
^ 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.

[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.

[IntrotoPoetry-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.

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