jig · Key of G
THE DOWNHILL OF LIFE
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 490 T: THE DOWNHILL OF LIFE B: O'Neill's 490 N: "Slow" N: Collected by "F.O'Neill" M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K:G ((3d/e/f) \ | gGD G>AB | def g2f/e/ | ded BGA | E3 F2((3d/e/f) | | gGD G>AB | def g2f/e/ | ded BGA | G3 G2 || || d \ | dBG gfg | afd g2b/a/ | gfe dBG | A3- A2 B/c/ | | dBG gfg | afd g2f/e/ | dBG DEF | G3 G2 |]
FAQ
Questions about THE DOWNHILL OF LIFE
THE DOWNHILL OF LIFE is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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 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.