Merry Christmas!
I recently learned “The Dusty Windowsill” with that very fine syncopated ryhthm in the third part. Can you think of any other jigs that use a similar figure? Might be a nice theme to string a set together with.
Here’s the ABC for The Dusty Windowsill
X:24
T:Dusty Windowsill
M:6/8
L:1/8
F:http://gradcenter.marlboro.edu/~mahoney/abc/abc/Jigs.abc 2004-12-25 23:05:43 UT
K:A Dorian
A2B cBA|edB cBA|G3 EGG|DGG EGG|!
A2B cBA|e2d efg|age dBG|ABA A3:|!
a3 age|dBd g3|gfg gfe|dBA G3|!
EGG DGG|EGG A2B|ced BAG|ABA A3:|!
ABA gAf|ABA edB|GFG eGd|GFG edB|!
ABA gAf|ABA efg|age dBG|ABA A3:|!
For sure, the Dusty Windowsill is a fine tune, and very challenging to ornament, the last part especially
Our band plays this tune regularly and is followed up with banish misfortune, the two seem to compliment each other quite nicely
http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/sheet.asp?code=banish_misfortune
the tune is available above
happy whistling
David
Look at Scottish tunes, unlike the Irish they do that sort of stuff, Troy’s Wedding and the like, or reels like the Clumsy Lover (that one would be hard enought to pull off on the whsitle)
and very challenging to ornament, the last part especially
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I like to follow The Dusty Windowsill with The Galloglass, then round off the set with Bimid Ag Ol.
But Troy’s Wedding was written by a Canadian. 
Cheers,
David
And the Scottish have the whole strathspey thing going if you like in-your-face syncopation. I just got a Bonnie Rideout disc, and it’s loaded with them.
Actually, I am focused more on Irish tunes. There are some pretty unusual ones, and I would imagine at least a few have a little subtle syncopation in there somewhere.
Try the Curlew Jig (not the reel). It’s the most syncopated piece I’ve seen.
Brenda Stubbert’s by Jerry Holland is another great one with that type of rhythm. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing…
Justine
A Cape Breton thing, perhaps? I’m not thinking of any examples in any of the other Canadian regional styles…
My wife just reminded me of a French-Canadian tune with a really sweet syncopated part – Reel Ti-Me (or something like that – corrected once already).