jig · Key of G
Is it the priest you want?
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:376
T:Is it the priest you want?
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 376
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
e|edB d2B|{^c}d2B B2e|{f}edB d2B|{d}c2A A2e|edB d2B|{^c}d2B B2e|{f}edB {a}gfg|BGG G2:|
||f|g2g (f/g/a)f|{a}g2e e2g|a2a {b}aga|b2e e2f|g2g (f/g/a)f|g2e e2f|{f}edB {a}gfg|BGG G2:|FAQ
Questions about Is it the priest you want?
Is it the priest you want? is in G, in 6/8 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 7.
It is a jig, written in 6/8.
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.