slip jig · Key of D
Gurty's Frolics
O’Neill 1903
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:1171 T:Gurty's Frolics. C:Gillan. B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland N:O'Neill's - 1171 M:9/8 R:slipjig K:D A,DD A,DD FEF | A,DD DFA GFE | A,DD A,DD F z F | GFG ECE GFE :| |: FDF A2 F A2 F | FDF A2 F GFE | FDF A2 F A2 F | GFG ECE GFE :| |: Add def gfg | Add dfa gfe | Add def g2 g | gfg ece gfe :| |: fdf a2 f a2 g | fdf a2 f gfe | fdf a2 f a2 f | gfg ece gfe :| |: aff dff dff | aff dfa gfe | aff dff dff | gfg ece gfe :| |: dff agf/e/ d2 A | dff agf gfe | dff agf/e/ def | gfg ece gfe :| |: f/g/af ded dAF | DFA def gfe | f/g/af ded def | gfg ece gfe :| |: a/g/fe dfe d2 d | afd def gec | d/f/ec dec dAF | G/A/BA GEF GFE :| |: A2 A dcB A2 B | AFD DFD EFG | AFA BGB cBA | GFG ECE GFE :|
FAQ
Questions about Gurty's Frolics
Gurty's Frolics is in D, in 9/8 time. The D 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 6.
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.