Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Pat Shaw

Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Pat Shaw is an English Country Dance. It was published by Henry Playford (website) in 1695 in The Dancing Master, 9th ed.. It was interpreted by Pat Shaw (website) in 1968 and published in Another Look at Playford. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars. The tune is a jig. It is in the key: E minor. Someone thought this dance was Easy.

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 till the 1. cu. comes into the 2. cu. Place, then lead thro' and cast off

I have seen this interpretation called a "simplified" version. It isn't really. It's just a more accurate interpretation of the original. Colin Hume also came up with this interpretation in 2025.

This is one of those dances where Cecil Sharp recommended a different tune that Playford's original. Pat Shaw often recommends going back to Playford, and for this dance he prints the original tune.

The tune was published by Playford with the dance, and the music was synthesized using Colin Hume's software.

The animation plays at 116 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.

The dance contains the following figures: hand turn (allemande), circle, cast, lead, bend the line (and probably others).

If you find what you believe to be a mistake in this animation, please leave a comment on youtube explaining what you believe to be wrong. If I agree with you I shall do my best to fix it.

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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 1968 by Pat Shaw. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2020 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.