[Musicians] Dots & Jigs

[Thomas Verdot]

This is an aside from the conversation & I hesitate to start something 
new that is bottomless, but since you mentioned it...

Why have jigs been discarded over the decades by most "old time" 
fiddlers?  They were certainly used by many up to the early part of the 
20th century but in most places they have almost completely disappeared. 
  I love starting a dance with a jig & transitioning to to a reel or 
hornpipe (both as a player & a dancer).

Regards, Tom Verdot

On 5/17/2019 6:37 PM, Meg Dedolph via Musicians wrote:
  But I made an offhanded comment about how a particular dance
> worked well with jigs and the fiddler recalled a New England jig that he 
> knew, but hadn't played for a while and decided to try it, but the 
> guitarist was not comfortable backing jigs and ... the band did not 
> sound as good on that tune as they did when they were playing old-time 
> reels.
> Meg