jig · Key of D
Maguire's kick
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:389
T:Maguire's kick
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 389
R:Single jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(d/A/)|F2E EDE|F2D DCD|F2E EFA|Td2e fdA|F2E EDE|F2D DCD|F2E EDE|B3 d2:|
||A|ABd e2f|({e}d2)B A2F|ABd e2f|d3 B2A|ABd ede|fdB BAF|AFE EFA|d3 fdA:|
||F2E EDE|F2D DCD|F2E EFA|({e}d2)e fdB|F2E EDE|F2D D2F|A>FD DFA|B3 d2|]FAQ
Questions about Maguire's kick
Maguire's kick is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
It is a jig, written in 6/8.
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.