St. Patrick's Day
⚡ The Short Version
Never Even Eighths — Always Dot, Cut, Plain St. Patrick's Day is a 6/8 march built from clusters of three eighth notes where the first is dotted, the second is cut, and the third is a plain eighth note held a little in between.
The Same Rhythm That Separates a March From a Jig If the three notes in each cluster were even instead of dot-cut-plain, the tune would sound like a jig — that dotted first note is what makes it a march.
An Unusual Six-Bar Second Part The second part of St. Patrick's Day has six bars instead of the usual eight, just a quirk of how the tune is built — and the third part is really just the first part again.
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00:06for Holiday A Introduction: 6/8 the March🔒
00:19of Three: Clusters Cut, Dot, Plain🔒
00:41What From a March a Separates Jig🔒
00:55Within Triplet Emphasis the🔒
01:56Second Unusual Six-Bar Part An🔒
02:19The Part: Third Again First The Part🔒
02:41the Wrap-Up: for A Busiest Tune Day🔒
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