jig · Key of A
Old Man Dillon
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:804
T:Old Man Dillon.
C:F. O'Neill.
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 804
R:Jig
M:6/8
K:A
(A/G/)|E>AA ABd|edB {d}c2 A|BGG DGG|Bdc BAG|E>AA ABd|e^de a2 e|
|edc Bcd|ecA A2:|g|=gef g2 a|=gef g2 d|B>GG D>GG|Bdc BAG|
|[1 =gef g2 a|=gef g2 d|e>dc Bcd|e>cA A2:|[2 E>AA ABd|e^de a2 e|\
edc Bcd|ecA A2|]FAQ
Questions about Old Man Dillon
Old Man Dillon is in A, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 88% 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.