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Drops of Brandy

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Drops of Brandy is one of the most well-known 9/8 jigs, or slip jigs, with two repeated parts. It's a fairly simple, direct tune — the real trick is keeping its rhythms consistent and controlled rather than mastering anything especially complex.

Keep the D gracenotes small and crisp so the repeating C-A-C grouping in the first part stays clean. Oversized gracenotes steal too much time from the melody note itself — keep them small, just enough to be heard, so the C never gets cut short.

Start every D throw right on the beat, never early, so it doesn't eat into the note before it. The note before a D throw — often a C — needs its full value; starting the throw early is a classic way to shortchange that preceding note.

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00:04Introduction: Direct Jig 9/8 A Classic,🔒

00:23C-A-C First Part: Clean Keeping the Grouping🔒

01:03Gracenotes Crisp Small, D🔒

01:33Cut C Don't the Tachum: The🔒

02:33High Second The Combination Part: A-E-C🔒

02:48Low A Doubling The🔒

03:10on Throws: Right Beat, D the Early Never🔒

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