jig · Key of D
Daniel of the Sun
Also known as Domnall Na Greine
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:984
T:Daniel of the Sun
T:Domnall Na Greine
R:double jig
C:"collected by F. O'Neill"
S:984 O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:The original includes transcription errors in bars 4 & 9
N:a tilde has been used to denote a trill
B:O'Neill's 984
M:6/8
K:D
d/-e/|fdd {f}edd|fef dBA|B<-ee e2 d|B<-ee e2 d/-e/|
|fdd edd|fef dBA|B<-dd d2 A|B<-dd d2:|
d/-e/|f>ga e>fg|f>ef dBA|B<ee e^de|B<-ee e2 g|
|f>ga e>fg|f>ef dBA|B<-dd d2 A|B<-dd d2|
d/-e/|~f2 d ~e2 d|~f2 e dBA|Bee e2 d|Bee e2 d/-e/|
|fdd edd|fef dBA|B<-dd d2 A|B<-dd d2||FAQ
Questions about Daniel of the Sun
Daniel of the Sun is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
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.