jig · Key of D
Bumper Squire Jones
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:639
T:Bumper Squire Jones
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 639
N:"Spirited"
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A \
| {G}FDD D2E | {G}FDD D2E | (F/G/A).F (G/A/B).A | BEE G2A |
| FDD d2e | e(g/f/)(e/d/) edc | dBe cAc | dDD D2 ||
a \
| a(f/g/)(a/f/) d(f/g/)(a/f/) | b(g/a/)(b/g/) e(g/a/)(b/g/) | afd (e/f/g).e | cAA A2g |
| (f/g/a).f geg | a(f/g/)(a/f/) geg | fed cBc | dDD D2 |]FAQ
Questions about Bumper Squire Jones
Bumper Squire Jones is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a jig, written in 6/8.
Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.