slip jig · Key of Dmix
Last night's fun
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:452 T:Last night's fun C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 452 R:Slip jig, hop M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Dmix D2A A2(G A)Bc|D2A AGE (G2E)|D2A A2(G A)Bc|BAG AGE G2E|D2A A2(G A)Bc|D2A AGE (G2E)|D2A A2(G A)Bc|dBG AGE G2E|| (BA)(B d)BG (AB)c|(BA)(B d)BG c2A|(BA)(B d)BG (AB)c|BAG AGE G2E|(BA)(B d)BG (AB)c|B2(c d)BG c2A|(de)(f g)fe (dB)G|(BA)(G A)GE G2E|]
FAQ
Questions about Last night's fun
Last night's fun is in Dmix, in 9/8 time. The D mixolydian scale gives you every note it uses.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
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.