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The Basic Jig. The jig is the second most important rhythm that we have. The jig has a count of six beats or if you prefer, two groups of three. Notice that the first group goes down-up-down and the second group goes up-down-up with the main beats being on the counts of One and Four. Or you could use the words, Pine-ap-ple, Ap-ri-cot to help you with the sequence. It is very important that you have a good clean up-stroke so try to hit 'through' the drum to a point on the other side of the head.
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The jig is a rhythm in 6/8 time, that is six quaver counts to the bar with the emphasis/stress on the counts of 1 & 4. For the Bodhran player this is a tricky rhythm as beat one in the bar is a down-stroke while beat four is an up-stroke, so the up-stroke must be as strong as the down-stroke. Try to think of a point beneath the surface of the skin and hit through to this point, like a follow through really! It is good a policy to count the rhythm in six i.e, 123456 etc, or to say the rhythm in syllables such as Pine-ap-ple, Ap-ri-cot etc. The rythm once mastered should have a nice lilting lift to it with more emphasis to beat four than beat one.
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No. 1 The Jig (basic strokes)
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No. 2 The Jig (basic strokes)
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Introducing the skipped beat
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No's 4 & 5 Variations of 1,2 & 3
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