[2][3] It is danced to music in 24 or 44 time signature, with about 140 beats per minute.
The dancers go forward in a run similar to that of the polka: "left-right-left-hop (on the left foot)", "right-left-right-hop".
After that they join the free arms, assume the face-to-face closed dance position and proceed with the chain of pivot turns stepping "left-right-left-right" or "left-hop-right-hop".
The runs of similar steps are normally started at the beginnings of musical phrases.
Finnish actor and musician Georg Malmstén composed many jenkkas.