jig

folk dance and musical form
Thing musical_form Q1079270
jig
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jig

Summary

jig is a musical form[1]. jig draws 913 Wikipedia views per month (musical_form category, ranking #22 of 112).[2]

Key Facts

  • jig's instance of is recorded as musical form[3].
  • jig's instance of is recorded as music genre[4].
  • jig's instance of is recorded as type of dance[5].
  • jig is a type of Baroque dance[6].
  • jig is a type of Irish folk dance[7].
  • jig is a type of Scottish folk dance[8].
  • jig is a type of folk dance music[9].
  • jig's Commons category is recorded as Jigs (dance)[10].
  • jig's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • jig's country of origin is recorded as Ireland[12].
  • jig began on 1600[13].
  • jig's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • jig's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Jig'}[15].
  • jig's uses is recorded as Arcangelo Corelli[16].
  • jig's uses is recorded as Antonio Vivaldi[17].
  • jig's uses is recorded as Jean-Philippe Rameau[18].
  • jig's uses is recorded as Johann Sebastian Bach[19].
  • jig's uses is recorded as Claude Debussy[20].
  • jig's culture is recorded as Celtic art[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include musical form[3], music genre[4], and type of dance[5]. Recorded subclass of include Baroque dance[6], Irish folk dance[7], Scottish folk dance[8], and folk dance music[9].

Why It Matters

jig draws 913 Wikipedia views per month (musical_form category, ranking #22 of 112).[2] jig has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] jig is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses
    Start time +1600-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Uses Arcangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Philippe Rameau +2
    Country of origin
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533607605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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