Slide (tune type)

In Irish traditional music, a slide (Irish: sleamhnán) is a tune type in ¹²
₈ akin to, and often confused with, a single jig. Slides are played mostly in the Sliabh Luachra region of southwestern Ireland, but originate from quadrilles.

Though slides contain the same number of beats per tune as a single jig, melodies are phrased in four rather than two beats. Consequently, single jigs are notated as having eight bars per part and slides as having four bars. Furthermore, the pace is quicker than single jigs, often around 150bpm. While single jigs are often danced solo by step dancers, slides are usually danced in groups by set dancers, sometimes in sets with polkas.

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Irish music
General	Cèilidh Irish traditional music Irish dance Music of Ireland Sean-nós dance Set dance
Folk song	Sean-nós song Traditional Irish singing Lilting
Instruments	Accordion Bodhrán Bones Bouzouki Concertina Fiddle Flute Hammered dulcimer Harp Lambeg Melodeon Tenor banjo Tin whistle Uilleann pipes
Tune types	² ₄ dances Polka ² ₂ and ⁴ ₄ dances Barn dance Fling Highland Hornpipe Reel Strathspey Schottische ³ ₄ dances Mazurka Waltz ⁶ ₈ dances Single and double jigs ⁹ ₈ dances Hop and slip jigs ¹² ₈ dances Slide Non-dance tunes Marches and airs which exist in various meters.
Scales	Aeolian mode Dorian mode Ionian mode Mixolydian mode Pentatonic scale
Relations	Cape Breton fiddling Folk music of England Scottish folk music Traditional music of Wales

Slide (tune type)

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