jig · Key of Am

Off to the hunt

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Off to the hunt"Off to the huntDouble jiganon. (Ireland)= 1282020025030525545205525205020025060375053235030047545020754502355052025023235450603750532350300Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 14

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X:14
T:Off to the hunt
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 14
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:Am
E|ABA ABd|ege dBG|G^FG BAG|dBG BAG|A>BA ABd|e^de gba|edc Bcd|ecAA2:|
^g|{b}a^ga ABA|{b}a^ga A2^f|g2G GAG|BAB GAB|\
cBc d^cd|e^de gba|edc Bcd|ecAA2:|
FAQ

Questions about Off to the hunt

  • Off to the hunt is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% 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 jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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.

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