Treble jig

Treble jig

A treble jig is an Irish dance which is done in hard shoes. It is also known as the "hard jig" (as opposed to the light jig, slip jig, and single jig, which are done is soft shoes). It is performed to music with a 6/8 time signature. The dance is usually 40 bars in length, but is sometimes, like the reel, danced for 48 bars. The dance is one of three main hard shoe dances (the other two being the Hornpipe and the "set dances" such as St. Patrick's Day and Blackbird), and is done by most advanced dancers.


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