slip jig · Key of D
Jerry Houlihan
O’Neill 1903
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:1166 T:Jerry Houlihan. C:F. O'Neill. B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland N:O'Neill's - 1166 M:9/8 R:slipjig K:D A2 d FDF FDF | A2 d FDF G2 E | A2 d FDF FDF | BAB D2 F G2 E :| |: D2 d AGF AGF | D2 d AGF G2 E | D2 d AGF AGF | BAB E2 F G2 E:| |: d2 d fed ecA | d2 g fdf g2 e | dfe fdB AGF | BAB D2 F G2 E :| |: d2 f agf agf | d2 f agf g2 e | d2 f agf agf | bgf/g/ e2 f g2 e:| |: dfe/c/ dAF dAF | dge/c/ dAF GFE | dfe/c/ dAF dAF | BAB E2 F GFE :| |: DFF dFF AFF | DFF dFF GFE | DFF dFF AFF | BAB E2 F GFE :|
FAQ
Questions about Jerry Houlihan
Jerry Houlihan 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 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.