slip jig · Key of A

Rocky Road to Dublin

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Rocky Road to Dublin"Rocky Road to Dublinslip jig0205200200024502052042060245Tenor Banjo05752470575024505752405260245Tenor Banjo0575245057502450242454205260245Tenor Banjo04004005040040245040040545260245Tenor Banjo040040050400402450242454205260245Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1116Notes:"Collected by McFadden"
ABC notation source
X:1116
T:Rocky Road to Dublin
R:slip jig
N:"Collected by McFadden"
B:O'Neill's 1116
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:A
|: efe d2B A2A | E2A A2A Bcd | efe d2B A2c | B2A G2A Bcd :|
e2a {b}a2f g2b | e2a {b}a2A Bcd | e2a {b}a2f g2e | d2B G2A Bcd |
e2a {b}a2f g2d | e2a {b}a2A Bcd | efg fga gfe | d2B G2A Bcd ||
ecA ecA A2a | ecA ecA Bcd | ecA ecA a2c | d2B G2A Bcd |
ecA ecA A2a | ecA ecA Bcd | efg fga gfe | d2B G2A Bcd ||
FAQ

Questions about Rocky Road to Dublin

  • Rocky Road to Dublin is in A, in 9/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • 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.

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