slip jig · Key of F

Road to Athlone., The

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A slip jig runs 113 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 "The Road to Athlone."The Road to Athlone.slipjig135101530330330351351015303135310531013105301013105135113105013033035Book: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 1170

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X:1170
T:Road to Athlone., The
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 1170
M:9/8
R:slipjig
K:F
f|cdB ABG FAc|cAF FAc d2 f|cdB ABG FAc|fga gfe d2:|
|:c|fef gfe dcA|fef gfe d2 (f/g/)|aff gfe def|cAF FAc d2:|
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Questions about Road to Athlone., The

  • Road to Athlone., The is in F, in 9/8 time.

  • 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.

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