jig · Key of D

Bumper Squire Jones

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Bumper Squire Jones"Bumper Squire JonesO'Carolan05400025400024504502022250400500320505452040450005523525235273573035735250230400032352303523523032054245000Book: O'Neill's 639Notes:"Spirited"

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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. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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.

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