slip jig · Key of D
Gurty's Frolics
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.