slip jig · Key of D
Dever the Dancer
O’Neill 1903
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:1147 T:Dever the Dancer. C:Gillan. B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland N:O'Neill's - 1147 M:9/8 R:slipjig K:D BEE BEE G2 A | BEE BEE FGA | BEE BEE G2 A | Bcd ABG FED :| ded dAF G2 A | ded def gfe | ded dAF G2 A | Bcd ABG FED | ded dAF G2 A | ded def gfe | afd ece d2 d | Add ABG FED ||
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Questions about Dever the Dancer
Dever the Dancer is in D, in 9/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
It is a slip jig, written in 9/8.
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.