Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Sharp

Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Pat Shaw Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Sharp

Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Sharp is an English Country Dance. It was published by Henry Playford (website) in 1695 in The Dancing Master, 9th ed., London. It was interpreted by Cecil Sharp (website) in 1916 and published in The Country Dance Book (Part 4). Found in The Playford Ball. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars. It is in the key: E minor.

Playford writes:
The 1. Man turn the 2. Wo. by the Right-hand once round, then take the 1. Wo. by the Left, and all three Hands quite round The 2. Man turn the 1. Wo. by the Left-hand once round, then take the 2. Wo. by the RIght, and all three Hands quite round The 1. cu. lead down the middle, and then up, then all four Hands a-breast and lead up the 1. cu. fall in the middle, and all four Hands quite round tilll the 1. cu. comes into the 2. cu. Place, then lead thro' and cast off

Sharp seems to have interpreted then take the 1. Wo. by the Left as meaning that the first man should turn her. Pat Shaw disagrees and thinks it just means "take her left hand to bring her into the circle" which seems more likely.

Sharp didn't like the tune printed with the dance and chose the one for Under and Over instead.

The tune, Under and Over. was taken from a different edition of Playford than the dance. It was performed by Bare Necessities (Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Peter Barnes, and Jacqueline Schwab) on the album Simple Pleasures. The music is used with permission from the Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, Inc.

The animation plays at 115 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily (no music plays during this slow set). Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

A11-21st corners right hand turn
3-41s left hand turn
5-81s+W2 circle three right, back home
A21-22nd corners left hand turn
3-42s right hand turn
5-82s+W1 circle three left, back home
B11-41s down 6 steps, turn up 2 steps end between 2s in a line of four
5-8Line of 4, up a double, back & bend the line
B21-4Circle left
5-81s lead up between 2s, cast down to place

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