Basic Types of Tunes in Irish Music

[@gregkurka]

Thanks for this! 👏Great video

[@angerock49]

Thank you for the video

[@tommymacdonald]

Great video! I have a small correction. A double jig is the most common jig type with two sets of triplets. One with 4 sets, written often in 12/8 is confusingly called a single jig. Or it might be called a slide but don't ask me what the difference is 😅

[@leoporterzasada3768]

Wow this video was so useful to me! Thanks so much for making it! I’m learning Irish fiddle right now and sooo much just clicked in my brain.

[@amyf4985]

Wow! This is great! Thank you! Just what I was looking for!

[@MrEchidna]

Thank you SO MUCH this is exactly the information I was looking for!

[@seanmcmanamon3773]

Thanks. Maybe a useful idea is to use the term “strawberry” for jigs and “ Routebegwr” for reels.

[@johngough2958]

Thanks - I could never figure out the difference between reels and hornpipes. I first heard The Japanese Hornpipe on the album "Hidden Ground" by Jolyon Jackson and Paddy Glackin - apparently the tune originated from a travelling circus which visited Donegal and who used a tune as part of the clown show, proving popular a local fiddler started using it in sessions and that's how it developed. A lot of folk complain that it doesn't sound Japanese in the least, however, I once played the album for a Japanese girl who immediately pointed out that the Hornpipe was pentatonic! Anyhow, the album describes it as a slip jig which is supposed to be 9/8 time - so I guess your explanation is a good as it gets with Irish music!

[@willceurvels]

Thanks this was very informative! One question I've always had is how the jigs and reels evolved? Are they completely indigenous to Ireland? How were they invented and developed??

[@brucecollins4729]

fiddle reel music is indigenous to scotland. there are 100s of scots fiddle tunes in ireland. jigs and horrnpipes are indigenous to england.

[@Randomname8383]

I wish there was a good analysis on why these tunes sound so uniquely Irish. I can hear 3 seconds of a song and tell whether it’s an Irish song or not. I don’t think any other ethnic group has music like that