slip jig · Key of Ador
Terry heigh ho the grinder
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:427 T:Terry heigh ho the grinder C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 427 R:Slip jig, hop M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Ador ABA A2B G3|ABA A2B d2B|ABA A2B G3|GAG GAB d2B:|gfg edc BAG|gfg efg a2f| gfg edc BAG|ABA A2B d2B|gfg edc BAG|gfg efg a2a|bag agf gfe|dBA A2B d2B|]
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Questions about Terry heigh ho the grinder
Terry heigh ho the grinder is in Ador, in 9/8 time. The A dorian scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% 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. 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.