Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

Does anyone know of any good treble jigs... for hard shoe treble jigs. I'd like to find some to choreograph to some hard shoe steps.

Thanks!

# Posted on October 1st 2009 by Fiddlechick7

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

I usually fall back on My Darling Asleep when the girls with the curls want to do a treble jig.

# Posted on October 1st 2009 by SWFL Fiddler

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

Also known as My Darling's A Sheep.....

# Posted on October 1st 2009 by disillusioned

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/5943

# Posted on October 1st 2009 by Henk Bos

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

Baaaaaaaa...

# Posted on October 1st 2009 by SWFL Fiddler

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

There's no such thing as a treble jig. The step dancers made it up, it's just a normal jig played VEH-REE SUH-LOW-LEEE! (Sorry, couldn't resist...running for cover now, bye!)

# Posted on October 1st 2009 by jaychoons

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

I find that playing treble jigs gives me a chance to play a particular jig which have a certain degree of difficulty when played at the normal double jig speed. The Knights of St Patrick for example to name but one.,

# Posted on October 1st 2009 by Free Reed

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

There is a series of CDs called "Sets & Solos" produced by dance teacher, Olive Hurley, which would give you the names of tunes used for treble jigs.
On volume 2, for example, there is: Connachtman's Ramble, A Visit to Ireland, Coopers and Brass, Eavesdropper.
You could check out the contents of other CDs at http://www.olivehurley.com/

# Posted on October 1st 2009 by Ceolmhar

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

We always used to play My Darling Asleep but a great accordion player around here to often plays at the feiseanna uses Larry O Gaff.

# Posted on October 2nd 2009 by Richard D Cook

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

I am glad to see other ID music fans here!
One of the fav's here in the Midwest Region is Woods of Old Limerick -- made especially popular on the mega hit ID recording by Bradley Bros, 100%

Another good one is Munster Bacon --

Keep on dancing!
Ted

# Posted on October 2nd 2009 by Reeds Munson

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

found what I was looking for --

track 4 on Kevin Joyce - Back to the Start -- some very nice TJ's including Munster Bacon as mentioned above --

Ted

# Posted on October 2nd 2009 by Reeds Munson

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

Treble is a type of dance, not a type of tune. It is accompanied by a double jig, played at the appropriate pace....

# Posted on October 3rd 2009 by AlBrown

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

Thanks for the replies, guys and gals. I do know that a "treble" jig is a dance. I wanted the names of tunes played for treble jigs (as in the dance).

# Posted on October 3rd 2009 by Fiddlechick7

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

As I understand from the Olive Hurley videos a "treble" in hard shoe step dancing is a foot movement where one foot is in front of the other and the dancer hits the floor with a quick toe-heel-toe movement with that front foot. It is very fast, like a bowed treble on the fiddle, which I think is why the step dancers use the term. It is doubly effective because hard shoes are used.

# Posted on October 5th 2009 by lazyhound

Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs?

And when the girls with the curls ask for a "heavy jig", don't play a jig - they probably want a hornpipe.

# Posted on October 7th 2009 by geoffwright