slip jig · Key of D
Jerry Houlihan
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. 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 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.