slip jig · Key of D
Gurty's Frolics
O’Neill 1907 no. 444
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:444 T:Gurty's Frolics C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 444 R:Slip jig, hop M:9/8 L:1/8 K:D A,DD A,DD FEF|A,DD DFA GFE|A,DD A,DD FzF|GFG ECE GFE::FDF A2F A2F| FDF A2F GFE|FDF A2F A2F|GFG ECE GFE::Add def gfg|Add dfa gfe|Add def g2g|gfg ece gfe:| |:fdf a2f a2g|fdf a2f gfe|fdf a2f a2f|gfg ece gfe::aff dff dff|aff dfa gfe| aff dff dff|gfg ece gfe::dff agf/e/ d2A|dff agf gfe|dff agf/e/ def|gfg ece gfe:| |:f/g/af dec dAF|DFA def gfe|f/g/af ded def|gfg ece gfe::a/g/fe dfe d2d|afd def gec| d/f/ec dec dAF|G/A/BA GEF GFE::A2A dcB A2B|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.