jig · Key of G

Portpatrick

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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 "Portpatrick"PortpatrickDouble jiganon. (Ireland)352550232055255050233525502320523523052555503052503050232052502305023205320523523052555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 356

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X:356
T:Portpatrick
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 356
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
g|dBG GAB|c2B A2G|dBG GAG|A2B c2g|dBG GAB|c2B A2G|(B/c/d)B cAd|BGG G2:|
|:d|ece dBd|ece def|gfe dBG|A2B c2e|def gfe|dcB A2G|(B/c/d)B cAd|BGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Portpatrick

  • Portpatrick is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major 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 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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