What's a "soft jig"?

Whistle
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A wee dancer sometimes entertains the customers at our Friday session. She has asked for a soft jig and I don’t know what it is.

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Interesting question, I don’t know either until I went a searching on Google. Found this:

JIGS
"There are references to the jig in ancient Ireland. A number of variations of the jig are performed including the single (or soft), double, treble, and slip jig. The music is 6/8 time (the emphasis on beats in a jig is: ONE-two-three four-five-six). Slip jigs are in 9/8 time (ONE-two-three four-five-six seven-eight-nine). Dancers perform single or soft jigs in soft shoes. Solo competitions only occur at the level of beginners, advanced beginners, and at some feisianna, Open. Competitions at all levels also occur in the treble jig which has a slower tempo, but dancers triple beats in hard shoes. The slip jig (soft shoes) is the most graceful of Irish dances and features light hopping, sliding, skipping and pointing. Only women dance the slip jig. In the Richens Academy, the first dance learned is the soft jig.

Go here for the full story:

http://www.geocities.com/aer_mcr/irdance/irhist.html

MarkB

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'preciate it Mark. Thanks.

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For us anglers, this is a soft jig:

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Now that’s a jig that you can get hooked on!