slip jig · Key of D
Jerry Houlihan
O’Neill 1907 no. 440
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:440 T:Jerry Houlihan C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 440 R:Slip jig, hop M:9/8 L:1/8 K:D A2d FDF FDF|A2d FDF G2E|A2d FDF FDF|BAB E2F G2E::D2d AGF AGF| D2d AGF G2E|D2d AGF AGF|BAB E2F G2E::d2d fed ecA|d2g fdf g2e|dfe fdB AGF|BAB E2F G2E:| |:d2f agf agf|d2f agf g2e|d2f agf agf|bgf/g/ e2f g2e::dfe/c/ dAF dAF|dfe/c/ dAF GFE| dfe/c/ dAF dAF|BAB E2F GFE::DFF dFF AFF|DFF dFF GFE|DFF dFF AFF|BAB E2F 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.