Alternate men and women in a circle or horse shoe (example Stockyards) Men and women in a ballroom or similar hold arranged around the room (example Brown Jug Polka)
UK, Irish and USA session players would know variations of most of the tunes.
Rhythms include – Reel, Jig, March, Waltz and Hornpipe.
Instruments – Fiddle, Piano, Accordion both Piano and Melodeon, Concertina; both English and Anglo, Tin whistle, Bush bass, Guitar, Banjo and all types of Percussion, including lagerphone.
There are many standard dances that dancers are either taught or expected to know, such as The Ninepins Quadrille (nicknamed The Drongo by The Bushwackers)in which one person is excluded from the group when they have no partner and are 'mocked' by the others.