Slip jig

Slip jig (Irish: port luascach, port luascadh[1][2]) refers to both a style within Irish music, and the Irish dance to music in slip-jig time originating from England.

The slip jig is in 98 time, traditionally with accents on 5 of the 9 beats — two pairs of crotchet/quaver (quarter note/eighth note) followed by a dotted crotchet note.

Because of its timing, the slip jig is longer than the reel for the same number of bars of music.

In Irish stepdance competition, the tempo of 113 beats per minute is the same as other dances, but as each bar is longer, instead of dancing to 48 bars of music the dancer is only required to dance 40 bars of music (each of 21⁄2 steps).

Stepdance judges prefer sliding motions with the feet and graceful movements that seem to slip across the floor.