jig · Key of D

Father Jack Walsh

Also known as (Tatter Jack Walsh)

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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 "Father Jack Walsh"Father Jack Walsh(Tatter Jack Walsh)Double jiganon. (Ireland)5020250540245404545050253045054024540454505550523525523554503054502530450540245404545055505235255235973752545025304505402454045450555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 136

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X:136
T:Father Jack Walsh
T:(Tatter Jack Walsh)
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 136
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(d/e/)|fef ded|cAB c2d|cAF GFG|Ade f2a|gec ded|cAB c2d|cAF GFG|(A<d)d d2:|
||A|dfg afd|dfg a2d|cde ged|cde f2a|gec ded|cAB c2d|cAF GFG|Add d2A|
dfg afd|dfg a2c'|bgb afd|cde f2a|gec ded|cAB c2d|cAF GFG|(A<d)d d2|]
FAQ

Questions about Father Jack Walsh

  • Father Jack Walsh is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 9.

  • 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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