jig · Key of D
The Blazing Turf Fire
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:780
T:The Blazing Turf Fire.
C:Cronin.
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 780
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:D
A|ded d(f/e/d)|cAB {d}cBc|ded afd|ecA ABc|ded d(f/e/d)|\
cAB cde|{g}fde dcA|GED D2:|
||G|E(DE/F/) GAG|EDE G2 A|E(DE/F/) GAc|BAG A2 G|\
E(DE/F/) GAG|E2 E Geg|{g}fde dcA|GED D2:|FAQ
Questions about The Blazing Turf Fire
The Blazing Turf Fire is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.