slip jig · Key of G

Jack on the Green

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A slip jig runs 113 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Jack on the Green."Jack on the Green.slipjig533323023555732053332300502353205405205545023205405205502353205Book: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 1149

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X:1149
T:Jack on the Green.
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 1149
M:9/8
R:slipjig
K:G
d|g2 g gfg efg|a2 a abg fed|g2 g gfg e2 e|def gdc BAG:|
|:F2 A G2 B A2 d|d^cd AB=c BAG|F2 A G2 B A2 d|def gdc BAG:|
FAQ

Questions about Jack on the Green

  • Jack on the Green is in G, in 9/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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 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.

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