jig · Key of G

Ellis's Jig

Also known as Port Ellis

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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 "Ellis's Jig"Ellis's JigPort Ellisdouble jig"collected by J.O'Neill"0505253040505235323535153054050532055535253040352455010535153054050532055Book: O'Neill's 998Source: 998 O'Neill's Music of Ireland

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ABC notation source
X:998
T:Ellis's Jig
T:Port Ellis
R:double jig
C:"collected by J.O'Neill"
S:998 O'Neill's Music of Ireland
B:O'Neill's 998
M:6/8
K:G
D | G>AG B2 G | c2 A F2 D | G>AG B2 c | d2 g B2 c |
  | dgd =f2 d | cAG F2 A | d>ed cBA | G3 G2 :|
d | g2 d B2 G | c2 A F2 D | g2 d B2 ^c | dde =f2 e |
  | dgd =f2 d | cAG F2 A | d>ed cBA | G3 G2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Ellis's Jig

  • Ellis's Jig is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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 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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