jig · Key of G
Going to Donnybrook
O’Neill 1907 no. 280
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:280 T:Going to Donnybrook C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 280 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G EW||DGG BGG|AGG GBd|efg dBG|AGA BGE|DGG BGG|AGG GBd|efg dBG|AGG G2:|f|gfg efg| efd def|gfg eag|fdd d2f|gfg efg|edB def|[1gfe dBA|BGG G2:|[2gba gfe|dBA BGEW|]
FAQ
Questions about Going to Donnybrook
Going to Donnybrook is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% 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.