23 Jan
2013
23 Jan
'13
11:20 p.m.
On 1/23/2013 11:23 AM, Jerome Grisanti wrote:
I've had some success with Mike Richardson's
dance "Another Jig Will Do."
It's not a waltz, but dances as one. Musically, it fits a two-part slip-jig
such as "The Snowy Path" or two parts of the three-part "The
Butterfly."
See http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_10.html for details of
the figure.
I can generally find a waltz rhythm within the 9/8 signature, but I've seen
some dancers struggle with this, so check the tune with the band
beforehand. These same dancers were upset with me for asking them to use a
waltz step during a contra, so it might not have been the tune.
When I've danced that dance it's never occurred to me to use a waltz
step. (And it's never occurred to me
to use a waltz step when dancing to a slip jig at all, although it's
pretty easy with most 6/8 jigs to play them
as (sometimes nice, sometimes dorky) waltzes.)
Slip-jgs are usually played with DAH-du-dum DAH-du-dum DAH-dum-dum
(nine beats in a measure, with emphasis on the first beat of each triplet).
Are you taking three (ONE-two-three) waltz steps per measure, or one
(ONE...TWO...THREE) waltz step per measure? I generally move to a slip
jig either
with three walking steps per measure on the three strong beats or with a
modified skip-change (left-right-left-right-left(hop),
right-left-right,left-right(hop)).
-- Alan