slip jig · Key of G
The dusty miller
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:455 T:The dusty miller C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 455 R:Slip jig, hop m:Tn3 = n(3n/o/n/ m/n/ M:9/8 L:1/8 K:G B2d d2(A B2G)|E2A A2(B c2A)|B2e d2(A BAG)|D2G G2(A B2A)|B2d d2(A B2G)|E2A A2(B c2A)|B2d d2A (BA)G|D2G G2(A B2)G|] B2(d e2f) Tg3|(a2A) A2B c2A|B2(d e2f) g2a|g2(e d2c) B2G|B2(d e2f) Tg3|(a2A) A2B c2A|(Bcd) (e2f) g2a|(gfe) (d2c) B2G|]
FAQ
Questions about The dusty miller
The dusty miller is in G, in 9/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
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.